What Is a Negative Return? Negative return refers to a loss in the value of an investment or asset, which occurs when the total amount of money received or realized from the investment is less than ...

Valuations of large cap US stocks imply negative total real returns on a 10-year horizon. This is based on the correlation between valuations and subsequent returns in the past going back to 1991 and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about financial planning and investing. In our first foray into tracking stock and bond returns since 1934, we delved into ...

In algorithms, as in life, negativity can be a drag. Consider the problem of finding the shortest path between two points on a graph — a network of nodes connected by links, or edges. Often, these ...

In Part 2 of my five-part series, we will assess investment returns through the lens of their alignment with your personal values. Traditionally, pure returns were the primary metric for evaluating ...