SINGLE AMOUNTS

Imagine that at age 25 you began investing 2,000 per year in an

investment that earns 5% interest. At the end of 40 years, at age 65,
you would have invested a total of 80,000 (40 years X 2,000 per year).
How much would you have accumulated at the end of the 40th year?
100,000?, 150,000?, 200,000? No, your 80,000 would have grown to
242,000. Why? Because the time value of money allowed your
investments to generate returns that built on each other over the 40
years.

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FUTURE VALUE OF A SINGLE AMOUNT

Future Value – is the value at a given future date of an amount

placed on deposit today and earning interest at a specified rate.
The future value depends on the rate of interest earned and the
length of time the money is left on deposit.

The Concept of Future Value

We speak of compound interest to earned on a given deposit has

become part of the principal at the end of a specific period. The
term principal refers to the amount of money on which the interest
is paid. Annual compounding is the most common type.
The future value of a present amount is found by applying compound
interest over a specified period of time.

Savings institutions advertise compound interest returns at a rate

of X per cent, or X per cent interest, compound annually, semi
annually, quarterly, monthly, weekly, daily , and even continuously.
Example:

If Fred Moreno places 100 in a savings account paying 8% interest

compounded annually, at the end of one year he will have 108 in
the account – the initial principal of 100 plus 8% (8) in interest. The
future value at the end of the first year is calculated by using
Equation 5.1:

Future value at the end of year 1 = 100 X (1 + 0.08) = 108

If Fred were to leave this money in the account for another year, he would be
paid interest at the rate of 8% on the new principal of 108. At the end of the
second year there would be 116.64 in the account. This amount would
represent the principal at the beginning of year 2 (108) plus 8% of the 108
(8.64) in interest. The future value at the end of the second year is calculated
by using Equation 5.2

Future value at the end of year 2 = 108 X (1 + 0.08)

= 116.64
Substituting:

Future value at the end of year 2 = 100 X (1 + 0.08) X (1 + 0.08)

= 100 X (1 + 0.08)2
= 116.64

The general equation for the future value at the end of period n is

FVn = PV X (1+r)n
PRESENT VALUE OF A SINGLE AMOUNT

Present Value is the current dollar value of a future amount – the

amount of money that would have to be invested today at a given
interest rate over a specified period equal t the future amount. Like
future value, the present value depends largely on interest rate and
the point in time at which the amount is to be received.
The Concept of Present Value

The process of finding present values is often referred to as a

discounting cash flows. The annual rate of return is variously referred
to as the discount rate, required return, cost of capital, and
opportunity cost.
EXAMPLE:

Paul Shorter has an opportunity to receive 300 one year from now. If he can
earn 6% on his investments in the normal course of events, what is the most he
should pay now for this opportunity? To answer this question, Paul must
determine how many dollars he would have to invest at 6% today to have 300
one year from now. Letting PV equal this unknown amount and using the
same notation as in the future value discussion, we have

PV X (1 + 0.06) = 300
PV = 300/(1 + 0.06)
= 283.02

The Equation for Present Value

PV = PVn
(1 + r)n
EXERCISE

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