Not exact matches
In the 21st century, the ex ante equity risk premium will therefore have a
geometric (arithmetic)
mean of about 4.1 % (5.4 %) for the U.S., 2.4 % (3.7 %) for the U.K. and 3.0 % (4.0 %) for a size -
weighted world index.
The time -
weighted formula is essentially a
geometric mean of a number of holding - period returns that are linked together or compounded over time (thus, time -
weighted).
These studies measure the impact of bad timing as the difference between the
geometric mean return (corresponding to a buy - and - hold strategy) and the dollar -
weighted return.
The folks who do the averaging happen to use the arithmetic
mean over the field with specific sets of
weights, rather than, say, the
geometric mean or any other.
Which is why the folks doing the averaging use
weighted arithmetic
means rather than the
geometric mean.»