Zyvo Glossary
Plain-English explanations of every metric and chart in Zyvo, each with a worked example — the same definitions you'd find inside the dashboard itself.
Portfolio Value
What Portfolio Value means, how it's calculated across every position and currency, and what the small percentage next to it actually shows.
Read more →Total Return
The difference between Total Return and TWR — a dollar figure for your unrealized gains, not a percentage-based performance metric.
Read more →Dividend Yield (TTM)
How trailing-12-month Dividend Yield is calculated, and why it's independent from your lifetime dividend total.
Read more →vs Benchmark (Alpha)
How Alpha (return vs. a benchmark like the S&P 500) is calculated using TWR, and why that specific choice matters for a fair comparison.
Read more →Fees by Broker
Why tracking cumulative fees by broker matters, and how small per-trade costs compound over time.
Read more →Portfolio Value chart
How to read a portfolio value chart correctly — including why a spike after a deposit doesn't mean strong performance.
Read more →Allocation chart
How the allocation donut chart works, and why a portfolio can look diversified by type while still being concentrated by position.
Read more →Value by Broker
The difference between Value by Broker (a balance check) and Fees by Broker (a cost tracker).
Read more →Top Movers
What 'Top Movers' actually measures — same-day price movement, not your overall return on a position.
Read more →Recent Transactions
What the Recent Transactions preview shows, and when to open the full Transactions view instead.
Read more →Time-Weighted Return (TWR)
Time-Weighted Return (TWR) explained with a full worked example — the standard fund managers use to isolate investment performance from your deposit timing.
Read more →Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Internal Rate of Return (IRR) explained with a full worked example — the personal, timing-sensitive counterpart to TWR.
Read more →Asset Allocation
How Asset Allocation (stocks vs. ETFs vs. crypto) differs from position-level concentration risk, with a worked example.
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