Concepts of Value and Return
Concepts of Value and Return
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand what gives money its time value. Explain the methods of calculating present and future values. Highlight the use of present value technique (discounting) in financial decisions. Introduce the concept of internal rate of return.
Time preference for money is an individuals preference for possession of a given amount of money now, rather than the same amount at some future time. Three reasons may be attributed to the individuals time preference for money:
The time preference for money is generally expressed by an interest rate. This rate will be positive even in the absence of any risk. It may be therefore called the risk-free rate. An investor requires compensation for assuming risk, which is called risk premium. The investors required rate of return is:
Would an investor want Rs. 100 today or after one year? Cash flows occurring in different time periods are not comparable. It is necessary to adjust cash flows for their differences in timing and risk. Example : If preference rate =10 percent
An investor can invest if Rs. 100 if he is offered Rs 110 after one year. Rs 110 is the future value of Rs 100 today at 10% interest rate. Also, Rs 100 today is the present value of Rs 110 after a year at 10% interest rate. If the investor gets less than Rs. 110 then he will not invest. Anything above Rs. 110 is favourable.
Two most common methods of adjusting cash flows for time value of money:
Compoundingthe process of calculating future values of cash flows and Discountingthe process of calculating present values of cash flows.
Future Value
Compounding is the process of finding the future values of cash flows by applying the concept of compound interest. Compound interest is the interest that is received on the original amount (principal) as well as on any interest earned but not withdrawn during earlier periods. Simple interest is the interest that is calculated only on the original amount (principal), and thus, no compounding of interest takes place.
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Future Value
Future Value
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FV(rate,nper,pmt,pv,type) Where: rate= interest rate. nper= n periods, pmt= annuity value, pv= present value, type= 1 for beginning of the period and 0 for end for end of period.
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Present Value
Present value of a future cash flow (inflow or outflow) is the amount of current cash that is of equivalent value to the decision-maker. Discounting is the process of determining present value of a series of future cash flows. The interest rate used for discounting cash flows is also called the discount rate.
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Interest Principal Outstanding Repayment Balance 900 625 326 3,051 3,326 3,625* 10,000 6,949 3,623 0
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In most instances the firm receives a stream of uneven cash flows. Thus the present value factors for an annuity cannot be used. The procedure is to calculate the present value of each cash flow and aggregate all present values.
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The present value of Re 1 paid at the beginning of each year for 4 years is 1 3.170 1.10 = Rs 3.487
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Multi-Period Compounding
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Continuous Compounding
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A bond that pays some specified amount in future (without periodic interest) in exchange for the current price today is called a zero-interest bond or zerocoupon bond. In such situations, one would be interested to know what rate of interest the advertiser is offering. One can use the concept of present value to find out the rate of return or yield of these offers. The rate of return of an investment is called internal rate of return since it depends exclusively on the cash flows of the investment.
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