Re: Rate of return since Aug of 1999

Here is what the page looks like that he sends me:
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****tfolio Internal Rate of Return

Annualized ****tfolio Return                             from  08/16/99 to 
04/24/08 = 6.62%

****tfolio Internal Rate of Return -  This is the result of the calculation

to solve for the rate of return which would maek an account from its
intial 
value to its ending over a particular period of time. It measures
****tfolio 
growth over time and is directly comparable to other familiar returns such

as that of a bank account.
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