Daniel Jassy, CFA, is an Investopedia Academy instructor and the founder of SPYderCRusher Research. He contributes to Excel and Algorithmic Trading. Yarilet Perez is an experienced multimedia ...

Every thriving business relies on a robust return on investment (ROI) to help gauge whether its investments are yielding a profit. Although you as an individual investor possess shallower pockets than ...

ROI is an important measure of an investment's performance but it has some drawbacks. Reviewed by Margaret James Fact checked by Jared Ecker Return on investment (ROI) is a ratio that measures the ...