Sunday, July 15, 2012

FINANCE: Chapter 4 - Discounted Cash Flow


  • Financial assets are substitutes for each other.
  • That implies that they have some properties in common, but will be differentiated in other dimensions
  • A substantial piece of this course is learning how to use Excel.
  • Use Excel for basic arithmetic operations:
     +, -, *, / (with occasional SUM()).
  • This chapter makes heavy use of many Excel functions.

  1. Time Value of Money (pg 103)
    • If I owe you a sum of money, would you rather receive it today or a year from today? The time value of money refers to wht the value of a dollar amount is today (present value) versus what the value of that same dollar amount will be in X amount of time (future value)
  2. Future Value (pg 103)
    • The future value (FV) of this security is its value after a specified time has passed
    • In this case the future value is $100+(0.05)($100)=$105.
  3. Present Value (pg 108)
    • The future value of any sum today is FV = PV x (1 + I)N. That means PV = FV/(1 + I)N
    • What is the amount that we need to invest or deposit today in order to have a specific amount in the future?
  4. Annuities (pg 111)
    • Annuities meet three criteria:
      • Pay an equal amount
      • At a specific time interval
      • For a specific time period









 


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