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Comparing Money-Weighted Returns Versus Time-Weighted Returns
By Investment Moats  •  January 5, 2020

MWRR/XIRR is a different way of measuring your returns compared to the traditional TWRR/CAGR. Both have their strengths and each has its weaknesses.

There are usually a few prevalent ways to see if your portfolio or net wealth is performing well, versus others.

But the most common debate has been Time-Weighted Rate of Return (TWRR) and Money-Weighted Rate of Return (MWRR).

Another name for MWRR is also the Extended Internal Rate of Return (XIRR). TWRR is also known as Compounded Average Growth Rate (CAGR).

The performance difference between TWRR and MWRR is based on what has a heavier weight

TWRR/CAGR: Weighted more heavy to time. So those transactions that are older, their performance will matter more than those transactions that are youngerMWRR/XIRR: Weighted more heavy to money. So those transactions that are larger in value, their performance will matter more than those transactions that are smaller in value

So which one

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Investment Moats is set up by Kyith Ng and have been around since 2005. He aims to share his experiences making sense of money, how money works and ways to grow his money. It hopes that by sharing his experiences, both good and bad, season investors can advice and critique his decisions and new investors can learn from them and find their own style ...
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