ADMS 3530 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Cash Flow, Compound Interest, Interest

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Must bring all cash flows to a common date before comparing. Future value: amount to which an investment will grow after earning interest. (r = interest rate) Compound interest: interest earned on interest (both on original investment and the interest earned: compound interest amount is the difference between the compound and simple. Simple interest: interest earned only on the original investment; no interest is earned on interest. Fv of investment = pv x (1+r) t. The interest per period and the number of periods must be the same. Present value (pv): value today of a future cash flow. (r = discount rate) Longer the period before you must make a payment, the less you need to invest today. Longer you wait for money, the less its worth today. Finding the investment period (rearrange formula + look at table of discount factors) Multiple cash flows = calculating each cash flow (whether pv or fv) and add them together.

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