FINE 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Cash Flow, Discount Window, Compound Interest

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Companies invest in tangible and intangible assets with hopes of receiving more money in the future. Essential to understand value of dollar today and in the future. For any interest rate (r), value of investment at end of 1 year is (1+r) times initial investment. Fv: amount to which an investment will grow after earning interest. Compound interest: interest earned on interest: income in subsequent years is higher because you earn interest on original investment and $ interest earned in previous year, value increases by factor (1 + growth rate) Simple interest: interest earned only on original investment; no interest is earned on interest. Future value factors: fv of , invested at various interests rate for different periods. Fv interest factor/fv factor: fv of a current cash flow of . A dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow. Allows you to see how much you need to invest today to produce a fv.

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