arithmetic average rate of return would be 80.72%/5 = 16.14% per year. See also Annual percentage yield Average for a discussion of annualization of returns Capital budgeting Compound annual growth rate Compound interest Dollar cost averaging Economic value added Effective annual rate Effective interest rate Expected return Holding period return Internal rate of return Modified Dietz method Net present value Rate of profit Return of capital Return on assets Return on capital Returns (economics) Simple Dietz method Time value of money Time-weighted return Value investing Yield Notes References Further reading A. A. Groppelli and Ehsan Nikbakht. Barron’s Finance, 4th Edition. New York: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., 2000. Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane and Alan J. Marcus. Essentials of Investments, 5th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2004. Richard A. Brealey, Stewart C. Myers and Franklin Allen. Principles of Corporate Finance, 8th Edition. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006 Walter B. Meigs and Robert F. Meigs. Financial Accounting, 4th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970. Bruce J. Feibel. Investment Performance Measurement. New York: Wiley, 2003. Carl Bacon. Practical Portfolio Performance Measurement and Attribution. West Sussex: Wiley, 2003. External links Finance theories Financial markets Financial ratios Factor income distribution Investment indicators Mathematical finance Return sv:Annuitetsmetoden#Annuitetskvot