FIN 502 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Effective Interest Rate, Annual Percentage Rate, Compound Interest
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Fin chapter 2 time value of money. Time value of money (interest mathematics) how to compare monetary amounts that you pay or receive at different times: rate of return compare different investment and loans. When referring to rate of return, it is almost always an annual rate. Initial called the principal or present value (pv) Most calculators treat percentages as numbers, not as fractions. Most calculators require either the pv or the fv to be entered as a negative number. Must reset calculator from frequency of 12 times per period so you can set frequency of compounding to once per period. Income tax these rules apply different rates to different sources of income and allow some expenses to be deducted from taxable income. Important rule of discounting: use after tax discount rates for after tax cash flows, and use before tax rates for before tax cash flows: marginal tax rate rate that applies to the next dollar of income.