Rates of return - holding period return, arithmetic and geometric mean (for the CFA Level 1 exam)

Rates of return - holding period return, arithmetic and geometric mean (for the @CFA Level 1 exam) explores the mechanics and logic behind three return rate measures:
- the holding period retun (HPR),
- arithmetic mean return, and
- geometric mean return.
This video explores topics covered in Lesson 3, Learning Module 1 of the Quantitative Methods section of the 2024 CFA Level 1 Curriculum.

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Can I know why are we multiplying the yearly returns in Holding period and geometric return?

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The thing is at 17:12 you wrote the formula for geometric return.
I couldn't understand the formula properly like why do we need to multiply the returns and then doing the n times root?

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