FINA 2201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Cash Flow, Interest, Effective Interest Rate

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Time lines graphical representation used to show the timing of cash flows (cid:1) (cid:1) Note that each tick mark corresponds to both the end of one period and the beginning of the next one (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) A dollar today is worth more than a dollar to be received in the future: if you had it now you could invest it, earn interest, and own more than a dollar in the future. Going to future values (fvs) from present values is called compounding. Take the present value and multiply it by 1 + interest rate: repeat for each period. Simple interest interest is not earned on interest. 100 dollars invested today at a 5% interest rate with no payments (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) for 3 periods: enter the following, n=3, i/yr=5, pv=-100, pmt=0. Graphical view of compounding process (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) As interest rates and number of periods rise so will the future value of a dollar.

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