Lecture 2
Lecture 2
Present Values
FV = $1000 x (1+r)t
= $1000 x (1+0.05)8
= $1477.45
Future Value
Time Value Tables
Present Value
Lets turn things around
How much do you need to invest today into an account
paying compound interest at the rate of 5% per year, in
order to receive $1477.45 at the end of eight years?
$1477.45
Present Future
Value Value
Present Value
$1477.45
PV = FV after t periods
(1 + r)t
Present Value
Example:
You have been offered $1 million five years from now.
If the interest rate is expected to be 10% per year, how
much is this prize worth to you in todays dollars?
Today Year 5
$1 million
Present value = $1,000,000
(1+ 0.10)5
= $620,921
Present Value
The PV and the FV are very much related to each
other.
0 1 2 3
8% 8% 8%
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Multiple Cash Flows
0 1 2 3
8% 8% 8%
$1,000x(1+0.08)1=$1,080.00
$1,400x(1+0.08)2=$1,632.96
$1,200x(1+0.08)3=$1,511.65
FV = $4,224.61
Multiple Cash Flows
Present Value
Example:
Your auto dealer gives you the choice to pay $15,500 cash now,
or make three payments: $8,000 now and $4,000 at the end
of the following two years.
If your cost of money is 8%, which do you prefer?
0 1 2
8% 8%
$4,000/
(1+0.08)1=$3,703.70
$4,000/
(1+0.08)2=$3,429.36
PV = $15,133.06
Multiple Cash Flows
Compare the present value of the two options at
present:
- Option 1: $15,500
- Option 2: $15,133