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Internal Rate of Return

Rate of Return: Beyond the Basics

by Wes Bridel on October 14, 2009

in Stewardship

When discussing investments, Rate of Return often comes up.  Do you know what it is?  And how to calculate it?  We’ll start with the basic concept of internal rate of return and then discuss  external rate of return.

So what is Internal Rate of Return?
IRR is a micro-economic calculation used to determine the growth or loss [...]

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A Real Whole Life Policy’s Returns

by Wes Bridel on September 15, 2009

in Stewardship

“If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land” (Isaiah 1:19)
We became frustrated that the companies were showing such an artificially low projection (as we discussed in the last Whole Life Insurance post) while knowing that they had historically performed much better. So we went to one of the strong [...]

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“Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.” (Exodus 23:30)
Historically, the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of Whole Life insurance has been very strong and yet, pinpointing the IRR is not as simple to answer as you would think and is the [...]

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