1 ## Copyright (C) 2008 Bill Denney <bill@denney.ws>
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17 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{return} =} nomrr (@var{rate}, @var{numperiods})
18 ## Compute the nominal rate of return based on a effective @var{rate}
19 ## over a number of periods, @var{numperiods}.
20 ## @seealso{irr, effrr}
23 function rate = nomrr (rate, numperiods)
29 rate = numperiods.*((1+rate).^(1./numperiods) - 1);
34 %!assert (nomrr (0.0938, 12), 0.09, 0.00005)