Using a calculator, we see that the IRR of this investment would by approximately 15.1%, which is greater than the 10% required rate of return. Therefore, building the factory would be a good idea.

The internal rate of return, or IRR, is the interest rate that provides a net present value, or NPV, of future cash flows equal to the initial investment amount. Flip that definition around, and the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bernie Kent, J.D., CPA, PFS covers taxes and investments. This article is more than 3 years old. Time weighted rate of return and ...

FORT KNOX, Ky. – Ensuring Army readiness is vital to our nations’ security and part of that is validating the deployability of Soldiers in the Individual Ready Reserve, or IRR. Soldiers in the IRR are ...