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Old 01-02-2009, 03:58 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by Frugality_of_Apathy View Post
Alan: for your numbers

Starting value = $373,467, Ending value = $287,890.
Total deposits = $25,383

your calculation gives 20% while website gives -29%

I get -29.87% looks like the website is rounding up to make your returns look a little less terrible.
The Excel IRR calculation gives -33.44% for those figures, and my simple calculation gives -33.56%.

But I agree that your formula giving -29% taking into account inflation looks pretty good to me.
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