Find the compound annual return required for a gold holding to grow from a starting value to a target value within a defined number of years.
The target must represent the amount you want the starting investment to become after the selected period.
A target says where you want to be. Required return shows the annual compound performance needed to get there, making the difficulty of the target easier to evaluate.
The required return is backward-looking from the goal. It is not a forecast and should not be presented as an expected market result.
Yes, when the target is below the starting value.
Yes. The calculation is a compound annual rate.
No. Use a goal-planning calculator when contributions occur throughout the period.