Question

he Yachtsman Fund had NAV per share of $36.12 on January 1, 2016. On December 31 of the same year, the fund's NAV was $39.71. Income distributions were $0.64, and the fund had capital gain distributions of $1.13. Without considering taxes and transactions costs, what rate of return did an investor receive on the Yachtsman Fund last year?

Answer 1

Answer: 14.84%

Explanation:

To calculate the rate of return the investors received we will do a simple return formula to find out by how much, in terms of the Opening NAV, the fund has increased.

To find out how much the fund has increased by we can add up all the figures then deduct the opening balance.

= 39.71 + 0.64 + 1.13 - 36.12

= $5.36

$5.36 is the how much the fund has increased by.

Expressing it in percentage of the opening NAV per share we have,

= 5.36/36.12

= 0.14839424141

= 14.84%

14.84% is the rate of return that an investor received on the Yachtsman Fund in 2016.