The Variance in Investment calculator computes the difference (variance) in the investment amounts between two periods.
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose your preferred currency units and enter the following:
Investment Variance: The calculator returns the difference in investment (variance) in U.S. dollars. However this can be automatically converted to other currency units via the pull-down menu.
In budgeting (or management accounting in general), a variance is the difference between a budgeted, planned or standard cost and the actual amount incurred/sold. Variances can be computed for both costs, revenues and investments between periods.