Chapter 5

Time Value of Money

5.1 The Role of Time Value in
Finance (1 of 6)
• Time Value of Money
– Refers to the observation that it is better to receive
money sooner than later
• Future Value Versus Present Value
– Suppose that a firm has an opportunity to spend
$15,000 today on some investment that will produce
$17,000 spread out over the next five years as follows:
Year Cash flow
1 $ 3,000
2 $ 5,000
3 $ 4,000
4 $ 3,000
5 $ 2,000
5.1 The Role of Time Value in
Finance (2 of 6)
• Future Value Versus Present Value
– Is this investment a wise one?
– Timeline
▪ A horizontal line on which time zero appears at the
leftmost end and future periods are marked from left
to right; can be used to depict the timing of cash
flows
5.1 The Role of Time Value in Finance
(3 of 6)
• Future Value Versus Present Value
– Suppose that a firm has an opportunity to spend $15,000
today on some investment that will produce $17,000 spread
out over the next five years as follows:

– Is this investment a wise one?

– A timeline illustrating our hypothetical investment
problem appears in Figure 5.1 on the next slide.
Figure 5.1 Timeline
5.1 The Role of Time Value in
Finance (4 of 6)
• Future Value Versus Present Value
– To make the correct investment decision, managers
must compare the cash flows depicted in Figure 5.1 at
a single point in time
▪ Typically that point is either at the end or the
beginning of the investment’s life.
– Compounding
▪ Used to find the future value of each cash flow at
the end of an investment’s life
– Discounting
▪ Used to find the present value of each cash flow at
time zero
Figure 5.2 Compounding and
Discounting
5.1 The Role of Time Value in
Finance (5 of 6)
• Computational Tools
– Financial Calculators
– Electronic Spreadsheets
– Cash Flow Signs
▪ To provide a correct answer, financial calculators
and electronic spreadsheets require that users
designate whether a cash flow represents an inflow
or an outflow.
▪ Cash inflows are indicated by entering positive
values
▪ Cash outflows are indicated by entering negative
values
Figure 5.3 Financial Calculator Keys
5.1 The Role of Time Value in Finance
(6 of 6)

• Basic Patterns of Cash Flow

– Single Amount
▪ A lump-sum amount either
currently held or expected at
some future date
– Annuity
▪ A level periodic stream of
cash flows
– Mixed Stream
▪ A stream of cash flows that is
not an annuity
5.2 Single Amounts (1 of 7)
• Future Value of a Single Amount
– Future Value
▪ The value on some future date of money that you
invest today
– The Concept of Future Value
▪ Compound Interest
– Interest that is earned on a given deposit and
has become part of the principal at the end of a
specified period
▪ Principal
– The amount of money on which interest is paid
Personal Finance Example 5.1 (1 of 2)
If Fred Moreno places $100 in an account paying 8% interest
compounded annually (i.e., interest is added to the $100
principal one time per year), after one year he will have $108
in the account. That’s just the initial principal of $100 plus 8%
($8) in interest. The future value at the end of the first year is

Future value at end of year1 = $100  (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. After two years there would be $116.64 in
the account. This amount would represent the principal after
the first year ($108) plus 8% of the $108 ($8.64) in interest.
Personal Finance Example 5.1 (2 of 2)
The future value after two years is
Future value after two years = $108  (1 + 0.08)
= $116.64
Substituting the expression $100 × (1 + 0.08) from the first-
year calculation for the $108 value in the second-year
calculation gives us

Future value after two years = $100  (1 + 0.08 )  (1 + 0.08)

= $100  (1 + 0.08)2
= $116.64
5.2 Single Amounts (2 of 7)
• Future Value of a Single Amount
– The Equation for Future Value
▪ FVn = future value after n periods
▪ PV0 = initial principal, or present value when time =
0
▪ r = interest rate per period
▪ n = number of periods (typically years) that the
money remains invested

FVn = PV0  (1 + r ) n
(5.1)
Personal Finance Example 5.2
Jane Farber places $800 in a savings account paying 3%
interest compounded annually. She wants to know how
much money will be in the account after five years.
Substituting PV0 = $800, r = 0.03, and n = 5 into Equation
5.1 gives the future value after five years:

FV5 = $800  (1 + 0.03) = $800  (1.15927 ) = $927.42

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We can depict this situation on a timeline as follows:

Timeline for future value of $800 initial principal, earning 3%,
for five years
Personal Finance Example 5.3 (1 of 5)
In Personal Finance Example 5.2, Jane Farber places $800 in her
savings account at 3% interest compounded annually and wishes
to find out how much will be in the account after five years.
Calculator use We can use a financial calculator
to find the future value directly. First enter 1 for
P/Y, the number of periods or payments per year;
enter 5 for N, the total number of periods or in
this case years; next enter 3 for I/Y, the annual
interest rate (which is equivalent to “r” in our
notation); then enter −800 for PV, the present
value (note: the +|− key is used to change the
sign of a value); finally, to calculate the future
value, depress CPT and then FV for the future
value. The future value of $927.42 should appear
on the calculator display as shown at the left.
Personal Finance Example 5.3 (2 of 5)
Remember that the calculator differentiates inflows from
outflows by preceding the outflows with a negative sign. For
example, in the problem just demonstrated, the $800 present
value (PV), because we entered it as a negative number, is
considered an outflow. Therefore, the calculator shows the
future value (FV) of $927.42 as a positive number to indicate
that it is the resulting inflow. Had we entered the $800
present value as a positive number, the calculator would
show the future value of $927.42 as a negative number.
Simply stated, the cash flows—present value (PV) and future
value (FV)—will have opposite signs.
Personal Finance Example 5.3 (3 of 5)
Spreadsheet use Excel offers a mathematical function that
makes the calculation of future values easy. The format of
that function is FV(rate,nper,pmt,pv,type). The terms inside
the parentheses are inputs that Excel requires to calculate
the future value. The terms rate and nper refer to the interest
rate and the number of periods, respectively. The term pv
represents the lump sum (or present value) invested today.
For now, we will ignore the other two inputs, pmt and type,
and enter a value of zero for each.
Personal Finance Example 5.3 (4 of 5)
The following Excel spreadsheet shows how to use this
function to calculate the future value.
Personal Finance Example 5.3 (5 of 5)
Changing any of the values in cells B2, B3, or B4
automatically changes the result shown in cell B5 because
the formula in that cell links back to the others. As with the
calculator, Excel reports cash inflows as positive numbers
and cash outflows as negative numbers. In the example
here, we have entered the $800 present value as a negative
number, which causes Excel to report the future value as a
positive number. Logically, Excel treats the $800 present
value as a cash outflow, as if you are paying for the
investment you are making, and it treats the future value as
a cash inflow when you reap the benefits of your investment
five years later.
5.2 Single Amounts (3 of 7)
• Future Value of a Single Amount
– A Graphical View of Future Value
▪ Figure 5.4 illustrates how the future value of $1
depends on the interest rate and the number of
periods that money is invested
▪ It shows that (1) the higher the interest rate per
period, the higher the future value, and (2) the
longer the money remains invested, the higher the
future value
Figure 5.4 Future Value Relationship
5.2 Single Amounts (4 of 7)
• Future Value of a Single Amount
– Compound Interest versus Simple Interest
▪ Simple Interest
– Interest that is earned only on an investment’s
original principal and not on interest that
accumulates over time
▪ Figure 5.5, on the next slide, shows how the future
value of a $1,000 investment paying 10% interest
grows more rapidly with compound interest
compared with simple interest.
Figure 5.5 Simple Interest vs.
Compound Interest
5.2 Single Amounts (5 of 7)
• Present Value of a Single Amount
– The Concept of Present Value
▪ Present Value
– The value in today’s dollars of some future cash
flow
▪ Discounting Cash Flows
– The process of finding present values; the
inverse of compounding interest
Personal Finance Example 5.4 (1 of 2)
Paul Shorter has an opportunity to receive $300 in a year.
What is the most that Paul should pay now for this
opportunity? The answer depends in part on what Paul’s
current investment opportunities are (i.e., what his
opportunity cost is). Suppose Paul can earn a 2% return on
money that he has on hand today. To determine how much
he’d be willing to pay for the right to receive $300 one year
from now, Paul can think about how much of his own money
he’d have to set aside right now to earn $300 by next year.
Letting PV0 equal this unknown amount and using the same
notation as in the future value discussion, we have

PV0  (1 + 0.02 ) = $300

Personal Finance Example 5.4 (2 of 2)
$300
Solving for PV0 gives us PV0 =
(1 + 0.02)
= $294.12

The value today (“present value”) of $300 received one year

from today, given an interest rate of 2%, is $294.12. That is,
$294.12 invested today at 2% would grow to $300 in one
year. Given his opportunity cost (or his required return) of
2%, Paul should not pay more than $294.12 for this
investment. Doing so would mean that he would earn a
return of less than 2% on this investment. That’s unwise if he
has other similar investment opportunities that pay 2%.
However, if Paul could buy this investment for less than
$294.12, he would earn a return greater than his 2%
opportunity cost.
5.2 Single Amounts (6 of 7)
• Present Value of a Single Amount
– The Equation for Present Value
▪ FVn = future value after n periods
▪ PV0 = initial principal, or present value when time =
0
▪ r = annual rate of interest
▪ n = number of periods (typically years) that the
money remains invested

FVn
PV0 = (5.2)
(1 + r ) n
Personal Finance Example 5.5 (1 of 4)
Pam Valenti has an investment opportunity that will pay
$1,700 in eight years. Pam has other investment
opportunities available to her that pay 4%, so she will require
a 4% return on this opportunity. What is the investment worth
to Pam? That is, what is the present value of $1,700 that
comes in eight years if the opportunity cost is 4%?
Substituting FV8 = $1,700, n = 8, and r = 0.04 into Equation
5.2 yields

$1, 700 $1, 700

PV0 = = = $1, 242.17
(1 + 0.04) 1.36857
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The following timeline shows this analysis.

Personal Finance Example 5.5 (2 of 4)
Timeline for present value of $1,700, discounted at 4%, for eight
years

Calculator use Using the calculator’s

financial functions and the inputs shown at
the left, you should find the present value
to be $1,242.17. Notice that the calculator
result is represented as a negative value to
indicate that the present value is a cash
outflow (i.e., the investment’s cost).
Personal Finance Example 5.5 (3 of 4)
Spreadsheet use The format of Excel’s present value
function is very similar to the future value function covered
earlier. The appropriate syntax is PV(rate,nper,pmt,fv,type).
The input list inside the parentheses is the same as in
Excel’s future value function, with one exception. The
present value function contains the term fv, which represents
the future lump sum payment (or receipt) whose present
value you are trying to calculate. The following Excel
spreadsheet illustrates how to use this function to calculate
the present value.
Personal Finance Example 5.5 (4 of 4)
5.2 Single Amounts (7 of 7)
• Present Value of a Single Amount
– A Graphical View of Present Value
▪ Figure 5.6 illustrates how the present value of $1
depends on the discount rate per period and the
number of periods an investor must wait to receive
$1
▪ The figure shows that, everything else being equal,
(1) the higher the discount rate, the lower the
present value; and (2) the longer the waiting period,
the lower the present value
Figure 5.6 Present Value Relationship
5.3 Annuities (1 of 9)
• Types of Annuities
– Annuity
▪ A stream of equal periodic cash flows over a
specified time period
▪ These cash flows can be inflows or outflows of
funds
– Ordinary Annuity
▪ An annuity for which the cash flow occurs at the end
of each period
– Annuity Due
▪ An annuity for which the cash flow occurs at the
beginning of each period
Personal Finance Example 5.6 (1 of 2)
Fran Abrams is evaluating two annuities. Both annuities pay
$1,000 per year, but annuity A is an ordinary annuity, while
annuity B is an annuity due. Table 5.1 shows that the two
annuities are identical except for the timing of cash flows:
The cash flows occur sooner with the annuity due than with
the ordinary annuity.
Table 5.1 Comparison of Ordinary
Annuity and Annuity Due Cash Flows
($1,000, 5 Years)
Personal Finance Example 5.6 (2 of 2)
Although both annuities pay $5,000, the annuity due would
have a higher future value because each of its five annual
cash flows can earn interest for one year more than each of
the ordinary annuity’s cash flows. In general, the value
(present or future) of an annuity due is always greater than
the value of an otherwise identical ordinary annuity.
5.3 Annuities (2 of 9)

• Finding the Future Value of an Ordinary Annuity

 (1 + r )n − 1 
FVn = CF1    (5.3)
 r 
Personal Finance Example 5.7 (1 of 5)
Fran Abrams wishes to determine how much money she will
have after five years if she chooses annuity A, the ordinary
annuity. She will deposit the $1,000 annual payments that
the annuity provides each year into a savings account
paying 7% annual interest. This following timeline depicts the
situation.
Timeline for future value of an ordinary annuity with $1,000
end-of-year deposits, earning 7%, for five years
Personal Finance Example 5.7 (2 of 5)
The timeline shows after five years, Fran will have $5,750.74
in her account. Note that because she makes deposits at the
end of the year, the first deposit will earn interest for four
years, the second for three years, and so on. Plugging the
relevant values into Equation 5.3, we have

[(1 + 0.07)5 − 1] 
FV5 = $1, 000    = $5, 750.74
 0.07 
Personal Finance Example 5.7 (3 of 5)
Calculator use Using the calculator
inputs shown at the left, you can confirm
that the future value of the ordinary
annuity equals $5,750.74. Enter the
$1,000 annuity payment as a negative
value, which in turn causes the calculator
to report the resulting future value as a
positive value. Think of each $1,000
deposit that Fran makes into her
investment account as a payment into the
account or a cash outflow, and after five
years the future value is the balance in
the account, or the cash inflow that Fran
receives as a reward for investing.
Personal Finance Example 5.7 (4 of 5)
Spreadsheet use To calculate the future value of an
annuity in Excel, we will use the same future value function
that we used to calculate the future value of a lump sum
with two new input values. Recall that the future value
function’s syntax is FV(rate,nper,pmt,pv,type). We have
already explained the terms rate, nper, and pv in this
function. The term pmt refers to the annual payment the
annuity offers. The term type is an input that tells Excel
whether the annuity is an ordinary annuity (in which case
type is 0 or omitted) or an annuity due (in which case type
is 1).
Personal Finance Example 5.7 (5 of 5)
In this problem the input value for pv is 0 because there is no
up-front money received that is separate from the annuity.
The only cash flows are those that are part of the annuity
stream. The following Excel spreadsheet calculates the
future value of the ordinary annuity.
5.3 Annuities (3 of 9)

• Finding the Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity

 CF1   1 
PV0 =    1 − n 
(5.4)
 r   (1 + r ) 
Example 5.8 (1 of 3)
Braden Company wants to calculate the value of a particular
ordinary annuity. The annuity consists of cash inflows of
$700 at the end of each year for five years. Braden has
access to similar investments that pay a 4% return. The
timeline below depicts this situation.
Timeline for present value of an ordinary annuity with $700
end-of-year cash flows, discounted at 4%, for five years
Example 5.8 (2 of 3)
Table 5.2 shows that one way to find the present value of the
annuity is to simply calculate the present values of all the cash
payments using the present value equation (Equation 5.2) and
sum them. This procedure yields a present value of $3,116.28.
Calculators and spreadsheets offer streamlined methods for
arriving at this figure.

Calculator use Using the calculator’s inputs

shown at the left, you will find the present value
of the ordinary annuity to be $3,116.28.
Because the present value in this example is a
cash outflow representing what Braden
Company is willing to pay for the annuity, we
show it as a negative value in the calculator
display.
Table 5.2 Long Method for Finding
the Present Value of an Ordinary
Annuity
Example 5.8 (3 of 3)
Spreadsheet use The following spreadsheet shows how to
calculate the present value of the ordinary annuity.
5.3 Annuities (4 of 9)

• Finding the Future Value of an Annuity Due

 (1 + r )n − 1 
    (1 + r ) (5.5)
FVn = CF0    
 r 
Personal Finance Example 5.9 (1 of 4)
Recall from an earlier example, illustrated in Table 5.1, that
Fran Abrams wanted to choose between an ordinary annuity
and an annuity due, both offering similar terms except for the
timing of cash flows. We calculated the future value of the
ordinary annuity in Example 5.7, but we now want to
calculate the future value of the annuity due. The timeline on
the next slide depicts this situation. Take care to notice on
the timeline that when we use Equation 5.5 (or any of the
shortcuts that follow) we are calculating the future value of
Fran’s annuity due after five years even though the fifth and
final payment in the annuity due comes after four years
(which is equivalent to the beginning of year five).
Personal Finance Example 5.9 (2 of 4)
Timeline for future value of Year an annuity due with $1,000
beginning-of-year deposits, earning 7%, for five years
Personal Finance Example 5.9 (3 of 4)

Calculator use To use a calculator

to find the future value of an annuity
due, switch it to beginning-of-period
mode by using the BGN function key.
Then, using the remaining inputs
shown at the left, you will find the
future value of the annuity due is
$6,153.29. (Note: Be sure to switch
your calculator back to end-of-period
mode by depressing 2ND [BGN]
2ND [SET].)
Personal Finance Example 5.9 (4 of 4)
Spreadsheet use The following Excel spreadsheet
illustrates how to calculate the future value of the annuity
due. Remember that for an annuity due the type input value
must be set to 1, and we must also specify the pv input value
as 0 because there is no upfront cash other than what is part
of the annuity stream.
5.3 Annuities (5 of 9)
• Finding the Future Value of an Annuity Due
– Comparison of an Annuity Due with an Ordinary Annuity
Future Value
▪ The future value of an annuity due is always greater than
the future value of an otherwise identical ordinary annuity
▪ We can see that by comparing the future values after five
years of Fran Abram’s two annuities:
Ordinary annuity = $5,750.74 vs. Annuity due =
$6,153.29
($6,153.29 - $5,750.74) ÷ $5,750.74 = 0.07 = 7%
▪ Recall the interest rate in this example is 7%
– An extra year of interest on each of the annuity due’s
payments makes the annuity due 7% more valuable.
5.3 Annuities (6 of 9)

• Finding the Present Value of an Annuity Due

 CF0   1 
PV0 =    1 − n 
 (1 + r ) (5.6)
 r   (1 + r ) 
Example 5.10 (1 of 3)
In Example 5.8 involving Braden Company, we calculated a
$3,116.28 present value for Braden’s $700, five-year
ordinary annuity discounted at 4%. We now assume that
Braden’s $700 annual cash inflow occurs at the start of each
year and is thereby an annuity due. The following timeline
illustrates the new situation.
Timeline for present value of an ordinary annuity with $700
end-of-year cash flows, discounted at 4%, over five years
Example 5.10 (2 of 3)

Calculator use Remember for annuity

due calculations you must switch your
calculator to beginning-of-period mode
using the BGN function key, depending
on your specific calculator. Then, using
the inputs shown at the left, you can
verify that the present value of the
annuity due equals $3,240.93 (Note:
Don’t forget to switch your financial
calculator back to end-of-period payment
mode.)
Example 5.10 (3 of 3)
Spreadsheet use The following spreadsheet shows how to
calculate the present value of the annuity due.
5.3 Annuities (7 of 9)
• Finding the Present Value of an Annuity Due
– Comparison of an Annuity Due with an Ordinary Annuity
Present Value
▪ The present value of an annuity due is always greater
than the present value of an otherwise identical ordinary
annuity
▪ We can verify this statement by comparing the present
values of Braden Company’s two annuities:
Ordinary annuity = $3,116.28 vs. Annuity due =
$3,240.93
($3,240.93 - $3,116.28) ÷ $3,116.28 = 0.04 = 4%
– Remember that 4% is the discount rate that Braden
uses
5.3 Annuities (8 of 9)
• Finding the Present Value of a Perpetuity
– Perpetuity
▪ An annuity with an infinite life, providing continual
periodic cash flow

PV0 = CF1  r (5.7)

Personal Finance Example 5.11 (1 of 2)
Ross Clark wishes to endow a chair in finance at his alma
mater. He will make a lump sum donation today that will
provide an annual cash flow stream to the university forever.
The university indicated that the annual cash flow required to
support an endowed chair is $400,000 and that it will invest
money Ross donates in assets earning a 5% return. If Ross
wants to give money today so that cash flow to the university
starts in a year, how large must his contribution be? The
answer is just the present value of a $400,000 perpetuity
discounted at 5%.
Personal Finance Example 5.11 (2 of 2)
Using Equation 5.7, we can determine that this present value
is $8 million.
PV0 = $400,000 ÷ 0.05 = $8,000,000
To generate $400,000 every year forever requires
$8,000,000 today if Ross Clark’s alma mater can earn 5% on
its investments. If the university earns 5% interest annually
on the $8,000,000, it can withdraw $400,000 per year
without ever touching the original $8,000,000.
5.3 Annuities (9 of 9)
• Finding the Present Value of a Perpetuity
– Growing Perpetuity
▪ An annuity with an infinite life, providing continual
annual cash flow, with the cash flow growing at a
constant annual rate

 CF1 
PV0 =   (5.8)
r−g
Personal Finance Example 5.12
Suppose Ross Clark learns that the university requires the
endowment to provide a $400,000 cash flow next year, but
subsequent annual cash flows must grow by 2% per year to
keep up with inflation. How much does Ross need to donate
today to cover this requirement? Plugging the relevant
values into Equation 5.8, we have:

$400, 000
PV0 = = $13,333,333
0.05 − 0.02

Compared to the level perpetuity providing $400,000 per

year, the growing perpetuity requires Ross to make a much
larger initial donation, $13.3 million versus $8 million.
5.4 Mixed Streams (1 of 2)
• Mixed Stream
– A stream of unequal periodic cash flows that reflect no
particular pattern
• Future Value of a Mixed Stream
– To determine the future value of a mixed stream of
cash flows, compute the future value of each cash flow
at the specified future date and then add all the
individual future values to find the total future value
Example 5.13 (1 of 8)
Shrell Industries, a cabinet manufacturer, expects to receive
the following mixed stream of cash flows over the next five
years from one of its small customers.

Time Cash flow

0 $ 0
1 11,500
2 14,000
3 12,900
4 16,000
5 18,000
Example 5.13 (2 of 8)
If Shrell expects to earn 8% on its investments, how much
will it accumulate after five years if it immediately invests
these cash flows when they arrive? The timeline below
shows that the stream’s future value is $83,608.15.
Timeline for future value of a mixed stream of end-of-year
cash flows, compounded at 8% to the end of year 5
Example 5.13 (3 of 8)
Calculator use Most financial calculators do not have a
built-in function for finding the future value of a mixed stream
of cash flows, but many have a function for finding the
present value. Once you have the present value of the mixed
stream, you can move it forward in time to find the future
value. To accomplish this task you must first enter the mixed
stream of cash flows into your financial calculator’s cash flow
register, denoted by the CF key, starting with the cash flow at
time zero. Be sure to enter cash flows correctly as either
cash inflows or outflows.
Example 5.13 (4 of 8)
For Shrell, enter the following into your
calculator’s cash flow register: CF0 = 0,
C01 = 11,500, C02 = 14,000, C03 =
12,900, C04 = 16,000, C05 = 18,000
(Note: in this case C01 – C05
correspond to CF1 – CF5). Once you
enter the cash flows, you will need to use
the calculator’s net present value (NPV)
register to find the present value of the
cash flows. Push NPV and enter I = 8 for
the 8% interest rate, and then scroll
down to NPV and push CPT to find that
the present value of the mixed stream is
$56,902.30.
Example 5.13 (5 of 8)
Now you need to move this amount
forward to the end of year five to find the
future value of the mixed stream. As the
second set of calculator inputs shows,
enter 1 for P/Y, 5 for N, 8 for I/Y, and -
56,902.30 as the PV, then CPT FV.

You will find that the future value of Shrell’s mixed cash flows
is $83,608.15. An alternative approach is to find the future
value at time five of each cash flow and then sum the
individual future values to find the future value of the stream.
If you try that approach you should verify that the future
value is $83,608.15.
Example 5.13 (6 of 8)
Spreadsheet use A relatively simple way to use Excel to
calculate the future value of a mixed stream is to use the
Excel net present value (NPV) function combined with the
future value (FV) function discussed on page 197. The
syntax of the NPV function is NPV(rate, value1, value2,
value 3, . . .). The rate argument is the interest rate, and
value1, value2, value3, . . . represent a stream of cash flows.
The NPV function assumes that the first payment in the
stream arrives one year in the future and that all subsequent
payments arrive at one-year intervals.
Example 5.13 (7 of 8)
To find the future value of a mixed stream, the trick is to use
the NPV function to first find the present value of the stream.
Then use the future value function to see what the present
value would grow to after five years. The Excel spreadsheet
on the next slide illustrates this approach (notice that the NP
V appears as an outflow because we are treating it as if it
were the cost today of acquiring the future cash flow
stream).
Example 5.13 (8 of 8)
5.4 Mixed Streams (2 of 2)
• Present Value of a Mixed Stream
– To determine the present value of a mixed stream of
cash flows, compute the present value of each cash
flow and then add all the individual present values
together to find the total present value
Example 5.14 (1 of 4)
Frey Company, a shoe manufacturer, has the opportunity to
receive the following mixed stream of cash flows over the next five
years.

Time Cash flow

0 $ 0
1 400
2 800
3 500
4 400
5 300
Example 5.14 (2 of 4)
If the firm discounts cash flows at 9%, the following timeline
shows that the cash flow stream is worth $1,904.76 today.

Timeline for present value of a mixed stream of end-of-year

cash flows, discounted at 9% to time 0
Example 5.14 (3 of 4)
Calculator use You can use the NPV
function on your financial calculator to find
the present value of the mixed cash flow
stream. Recall that to accomplish this task
you must first enter the mixed stream into
your financial calculator’s cash flow
register using the CF key. For Frey enter
the following into your calculator’s cash
flow register: CF0 = 0, C01 = 400, C02 =
800, C03 = 500, C04 = 400, C05 = 300.
Next go to the NPV register and enter I = 9
for the 9% interest rate, and then scroll
down to NPV and push CPT to solve for
the NPV. The present value of the mixed
stream is $1,904.76.
Example 5.14 (4 of 4)
Spreadsheet use To calculate the present value of a mixed
stream in Excel, we will use the NPV function. The following
Excel spreadsheet shows how to calculate the present value
of the mixed stream.
5.5 Compounding Interest More
Frequently Than Annually (1 of 7)
• Semiannual Compounding
– Compounding of interest over two periods within the
year
– The investment pays half its annual stated interest rate
every six months, rather than making one payment at
the end of the year.
Personal Finance Example 5.15
Fred Moreno has decided to invest $100 in a savings
account paying 8% annual interest compounded
semiannually. If he leaves his money in the account for 24
months, he will receive 4% interest compounded over four
periods, each of which is six months long. Table 5.3 shows
that after 12 months with 8% semiannual compounding, Fred
will have $108.16; after 24 months, he will have $116.99.
Table 5.3 Future Value from Investing
$100 at 8% Interest Compounded
Semiannually over 24 Months (2
Years)
Beginning Future value Future value at end
Period principal calculation of period
6 months $100.00 $100.00 × (1 + 0.04) = $104.00

12 months 104.00 $104.00 × (1 + 0.04) = $108.16

18 months 108.16 $108.16 × (1 + 0.04) = $112.49

24 months 112.49 $112.49 × (1 + 0.04) = $116.99

5.5 Compounding Interest More
Frequently Than Annually (2 of 7)
• Quarterly Compounding
– Compounding of interest over four periods within the
year
– One-fourth of the stated interest rate is paid four times
a year
Personal Finance Example 5.16 (1 of 2)
Fred Moreno has found an institution that will pay him 8%
annual interest compounded quarterly. If he leaves his
money in this account for 24 months, he will receive 2%
interest compounded over eight periods, each of which is
three months long. Table 5.4 shows the amount Fred will
have at the end of each period. After 12 months, with 8%
quarterly compounding, Fred will have $108.24; after 24
months, he will have $117.17.
Table 5.4 Future Value from Investing
$100 at 8% Interest Compounded
Quarterly over 24 Months (2 Years)

Period Beginning principal Future value calculation Future value at end of period
3 months $100.00 $100.00 × (1 + 0.02) = $102.00
6 months 102.00 $102.00 × (1 + 0.02) = $104.04
9 months 104.04 $104.04 × (1 + 0.02) = $106.12
12 months 106.12 $106.12 × (1 + 0.02) = $108.24
15 months 108.24 $108.24 × (1 + 0.02) = $110.41
18 months 110.41 $110.41 × (1 + 0.02) = $112.62
21 months 112.62 $112.62 × (1 + 0.02) = $114.87
24 months 114.87 $114.87 × (1 + 0.02) = $117.17
Personal Finance Example 5.16 (2 of 2)
Table 5.5 compares values for Fred Moreno’s $100 at the
end of years 1 and 2, given annual, semiannual, and
quarterly compounding frequency at the 8% annual rate. The
table shows that the more frequently interest compounds,
the greater the amount of money that accumulates. This
statement is true for any interest rate above zero for any
time horizon.
Table 5.5 Future Value at the End of
Years 1 and 2 from Investing $100 at
8% Interest, Given Various
Compounding Periods
5.5 Compounding Interest More
Frequently Than Annually (3 of 7)
• A General Equation for Compounding

mn
 r
FVn = PV0  1 +  (5.9)
 m
Personal Finance Example 5.17 (1 of 2)
The preceding examples calculated the amount that Fred
Moreno would have after two years if he deposited $100 at
8% interest compounded semiannually or quarterly. For
semiannual compounding, m would equal 2 in Equation 5.9;
for quarterly compounding, m would equal 4. Substituting the
appropriate values for semiannual and quarterly
compounding into Equation 5.9, we find that
1. For semiannual compounding:

22
 0.08 
FV2 = $100  1 +  = $100  (1 + 0.04) 4 = $116.99
 2 
Personal Finance Example 5.17 (2 of 2)
2. For quarterly compounding:

42
 0.08 
FV2 = $100  1 +  = $100  (1 + 0.02)8 = $117.17
 4 

These results agree with the values after two years in Table
5.5. If the interest were compounded monthly, weekly, or
daily, m would equal 12, 52, or 365, respectively.
5.5 Compounding Interest More
Frequently Than Annually (4 of 7)
• Using Computational Tools for Compounding
– We can simplify the computation process by using a
calculator or spreadsheet program
Personal Finance Example 5.18 (1 of 3)
Fred Moreno wished to find the future value of $100 invested
at 8% interest compounded both semiannually and quarterly
for two years.
Calculator use If the calculator were
used for the semiannual compounding
calculation, the periods per year
represents the compounding periods
per year and would be 2, the number of
semiannual periods would be 4, the
annual interest rate would be 8%, and
the present value would be -100. The
future value of $116.99 will appear on
the calculator display as shown to the
left.
Personal Finance Example 5.18 (2 of 3)

For the quarterly compounding case, the

compounding periods per year would be
4, the number of quarterly periods would
be 8, the annual interest rate would be
8%, and the present value would be -
100. The future value of $117.17 will
appear on the calculator display as
shown to the left.
Personal Finance Example 5.18 (3 of 3)
Spreadsheet use The future value of the single amount with
semiannual and quarterly compounding also can be
calculated as shown on the following Excel spreadsheet.
5.5 Compounding Interest More
Frequently Than Annually (5 of 7)
• Continuous Compounding
– Compounding of interest, literally, all the time
– Equivalent to compounding interest an infinite number
of times per year

r n
FVn = PV0  e (5.10)
Personal Finance Example 5.19 (1 of 4)
To find the value after two years (n = 2) of Fred Moreno’s
$100 deposit (PV0 = $100) in an account paying 8% annual
interest (r = 0.08) compounded continuously, we can
substitute into Equation 5.10:

FV2 ( continuous compounding ) = $100  e0.082

= $100  2.71830.16
= $100 1.1735 = $117.35
Personal Finance Example 5.19 (2 of 4)

Calculator use To find this value

using the calculator, you must first
find the value of e0.16 by punching
in 0.16 and then pressing 2ND ex
to get 1.1735. Next multiply this
value by $100 to obtain the future
value of $117.35, as shown at the
left. (Note: Some calculators do
not require pressing a second
function key before pressing ex.)
Personal Finance Example 5.19 (3 of 4)
Spreadsheet use The following Excel spreadsheet shows
how to calculate the future value of Fred’s deposit with
continuous compounding.
Personal Finance Example 5.19 (4 of 4)
As expected, Fred’s deposit grows more with continuous
compounding than it does with semiannual ($116.99) or
quarterly ($117.17) compounding. In fact, continuous
compounding produces a greater future value than any other
compounding frequency.
5.5 Compounding Interest More
Frequently Than Annually (6 of 7)
• Nominal and Effective Annual Rates of Interest
– Nominal (Stated) Annual Rate
▪ Contractual annual rate of interest charged by a
lender or promised by a borrower
– Effective (True) Annual Rate (EAR)
▪ The annual rate of interest actually paid or earned

m
 r
EAR = 1 +  − 1 (5.11)
 m
Personal Finance Example 5.20 (1 of 7)
Fred Moreno wishes to find the effective annual rate
associated with an 8% nominal annual rate (r = 0.08) when
interest is compounded (1) annually (m = 1), (2) semiannually
(m = 2), and (3) quarterly (m = 4). Substituting these values
into Equation 5.11, we get
1. For annual compounding:

1
 0.08 
EAR = 1 +  − 1 = (1 + 0.08)1
− 1 = 1 + 0.08 − 1 = 0.08 = 8%
 1 
Personal Finance Example 5.20 (2 of 7)
2. For semiannual compounding:

2
 0.08 
EAR = 1 +  − 1 = (1 + 0.04) 2
− 1 = 1.0816 − 1 = 0.0816 = 8.16%
 2 

3. For quarterly compounding:

4
 0.08 
EAR = 1 +  − 1 = (1 + 0.02) 4
− 1 = 1.0824 − 1 = 0.0824 = 8.24%
 4 
Personal Finance Example 5.20 (3 of 7)

Calculator use You can use the calculator

inputs shown on the left to enter the
nominal annual rate and the compounding
frequency per year to find the
corresponding EAR. Push 2ND ICONV to
enter your financial calculator’s interest rate
conversion register. Once inside the
ICONV register, enter the 8% nominal
annual rate (NOM), scroll down twice to
enter 1 for the annual compounding
frequency (C/Y), and then scroll down twice
to EFF and push CPT to find the EAR is
8%.
Personal Finance Example 5.20 (4 of 7)
Calculator use The same steps, as
shown on the left, will find the EAR
based on semiannual and quarterly
compounding. It is also possible, after
solving for the first EAR based on annual
compounding, to scroll down once to
change the value for C/Y to 2 for
semiannual compounding and then scroll
up once to EFF and push CPT to find the
EAR is 8.16%. Repeating the process
one more time you can find that the EAR
for quarterly compounding is 8.24%.6
The ICONV register can just as easily
convert an EAR to a nominal annual rate.
Personal Finance Example 5.20 (5 of 7)
Spreadsheet use You can convert nominal interest rates to
effective rates using Excel’s EFFECT and NOMINAL
functions. To find the EAR, the EFFECT function asks you to
input the nominal annual rate and the compounding
frequency. If you input an EAR and the compounding
frequency, the NOMINAL function provides the nominal
annual rate or the annual percentage rate (APR). Interest
rate conversions from the 8% APR to the EAR with annual,
semiannual and quarterly compounding are shown on the
following Excel spreadsheet.
Personal Finance Example 5.20 (6 of 7)
Personal Finance Example 5.20 (7 of 7)
These examples demonstrate two important points. First, the
nominal rate equals the effective rate if compounding occurs
annually. Second, the effective annual rate increases with
increasing compounding frequency, up to a limit that occurs
with continuous compounding.
5.5 Compounding Interest More
Frequently Than Annually (7 of 7)
• Nominal and Effective Annual Rates of Interest
– Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
▪ The nominal annual rate of interest, found by
multiplying the periodic rate by the number of
periods in one year, that must be disclosed to
consumers on credit cards and loans as a result of
“truth-in-lending laws.”
– Annual Percentage Yield (APY)
▪ The effective annual rate of interest that must be
disclosed to consumers by banks on their savings
products as a result of “truth-in-savings laws.”
5.6 Special Applications of Time
Value (1 of 4)
• Determining Deposits Needed to Accumulate a Future
Sum

 (1 + r )n − 1 
  
CF1 = FVn    (5.12)
 r 
Personal Finance Example 5.21 (1 of 3)
You want to determine the equal annual end-of-year
deposits required to accumulate $30,000 after five years,
given an interest rate of 6%.

Calculator use Using the calculator

inputs shown at the left, you will find
the annual deposit needed is
$5,321.89. Thus, if you put
$5,321.89 at the end of each year in
an investment that earns 6%
interest, the account balance will hit
$30,000 after five years.
Personal Finance Example 5.21 (2 of 3)
Spreadsheet use In Excel, solving for the annual cash flow
needed to reach $30,000 means using the payment function.
Its syntax is PMT (rate,nper,pv,fv,type). We have previously
discussed all the inputs in this function. The following Excel
spreadsheet illustrates how to use this function to find the
annual payment required to save $30,000.
Personal Finance Example 5.21 (3 of 3)
5.6 Special Applications of Time
Value (2 of 4)
• Loan Amortization
– The determination of the equal periodic loan payments
necessary to provide a lender with a specified interest
return and to repay the loan principal over a specified
period
– Loan Amortization Schedule
▪ A schedule of equal payments to repay a loan
▪ It shows the allocation of each loan payment to
interest and principal
 1 
CF1 = ( PV0  r )  1 − n 
(5.13)
 (1 + r ) 
Personal Finance Example 5.22 (1 of 6)
Alex May borrows $6,000 from a bank. The bank requires Alex
to repay the loan fully in four years by making four equal end-
of-year payments. The interest rate on the loan is 10%. What
is Alex’s loan payment? Plugging the appropriate values into
Equation 5.13, we have

 1 
CF1 = ($6, 000  0.10)  1 − 4
= $600  0.316987 = $1,892.82
 (1 + 0.10) 
Personal Finance Example 5.22 (2 of 6)
Table 5.6 provides a loan amortization schedule that shows
the principal and interest components of each payment. The
portion of each payment that represents interest (column 3)
declines over time, and the portion going to principal
repayment (column 4) increases. Every amortizing loan
displays this pattern; as each payment reduces the principal,
the interest component declines, leaving a larger portion of
each subsequent loan payment to repay principal. Notice
that after Alex makes the fourth payment, the remaining loan
balance is zero.
Table 5.6 Loan Amortization Schedule
($6,000 Principal, 10% Interest, Four-
Year Repayment Period)

aBecause of rounding, a slight difference ($0.03) exists between the beginning-

of-year-4 principal (in column 1) and the year-4 principal payment (in column 4).
Personal Finance Example 5.22 (3 of 6)
Calculator use Using the calculator inputs
shown at the left, you verify that Alex’s
annual payment will be $1,892.82. Thus, to
repay the interest and principal on a
$6,000, 10%, 4-year loan, equal annual
end-of-year payments of $1,892.82 are
necessary.
The second set of calculator inputs, on the
next slide, shows how to retrieve the loan
amortization information from your financial
calculator’s AMORT register.
Personal Finance Example 5.22 (4 of 6)
Calculator use After solving for the
payment amount, push 2ND AMORT to
enter the amortization register. Inside the
AMORT register, enter 1 for P1, scroll down
to enter 4 for P2, and then scroll down to
see the remaining balance of $0.00,
principal reduction of $6,000, and interest
paid of $1,571.30 over the four-year loan. If
you want to check the values for other
period ranges, then simply change the
values of P1 and P2. For example, setting
P1 to 1 and P2 to 1 will give you the end-of-
year 1 remaining balance of $4,707.18, the
year 1 principal reduction of $1,292.82, and
year 1 interest paid of $600.
Personal Finance Example 5.22 (5 of 6)
Spreadsheet use The first spreadsheet below shows how to
calculate the loan payment, and the second one (next slide)
illustrates building out an amortization schedule.
Personal Finance Example 5.22 (6 of 6)
5.6 Special Applications of Time
Value (3 of 4)
• Finding Interest or Growth Rates

1/ n
 FVn 
r =  − 1 (5.14)
 PV0 
Personal Finance Example 5.23 (1 of 5)
Consumers across the United States are familiar with Ulta
Beauty stores, which offer salon services and a variety of
beauty products. Most shoppers at Ulta Beauty probably do
not know that the company’s stock was one of the best-
performing stocks of the last decade. An investor who
purchased a $19 share of Ulta Beauty stock in January 2010
saw the firm’s stock price grow to $254 by January 2020.
What compound annual growth rate does that increase
represent? Or, equivalently, what average annual rate of
interest did shareholders earn over that period?
Personal Finance Example 5.23 (2 of 5)
Let the initial $19 price represent the stock’s present value in
2010, and let $254 represent the stock’s future value 10
years later. Plugging the appropriate values into Equation
5.13, we find that Ulta Beauty stock increased almost 29.6%
per year over this decade.

r = ($254 ÷ $19)1/10 – 1 = 0.296 = 29.6%

Personal Finance Example 5.23 (3 of 5)
Calculator use Using the calculator to
find the growth rate, we treat the earliest
value as a present value, PV, and the
latest value as a future value, FV. (Note:
Most calculators require either the PV or
the FV value to be input as a negative
value to calculate the growth rate.) If we
think of an investor buying Ulta Beauty
stock for $19 in January 2010, we treat
that $19 payment as an outflow. Then the
$254 future value is a cash inflow, as if
the investor sold the stock in 2020 for
cash. The calculator screenshot confirms
that the growth rate over this period was
29.6%.
Personal Finance Example 5.23 (4 of 5)
Spreadsheet use The following spreadsheet shows how to
find Ulta Beauty’s growth rate using Excel’s RATE function.
The syntax of that function is RATE(nper,pmt,pv,fv,type,guess).
We have encountered the function’s arguments nper, pmt, pv,
fv, and type previously. In this problem, $19 is the present
value, and $254 is the future value. We set the arguments pmt
and type to zero because those arguments are needed to work
with annuities, but we are calculating the growth rate by
comparing two lump sums. The new argument in this function
is guess, which in nearly all applications you can set to zero.
Personal Finance Example 5.23 (5 of 5)
Personal Finance Example 5.24 (1 of 4)
Jan Jacobs can borrow $2,000 today, and she must repay the
loan in equal end-of-year payments of $482.57 over five
years. Notice that Jan’s payments will total $2,412.85 (i.e.,
$482.57 per year × 5 years). That’s more than she borrowed,
so she is clearly paying interest on this loan, as we’d expect.
The question is, what annual interest rate is Jan paying? You
could calculate the percentage difference between what Jan
borrowed and what she repaid as follows:

$2, 412.85 − $2, 000

= 0.206 = 20.6%
$2, 000
Personal Finance Example 5.24 (2 of 4)
Unfortunately, for two reasons this calculation does not tell
us what interest rate Jan is paying. First, this calculation
sums Jan’s payments over five years, so it does not reveal
the interest rate on her loan per year. Second, because each
of Jan’s payments comes at a different time, it is not valid to
simply add them up. Time-value-of-money principles tell us
that even though each payment is for $482.57, the payments
have different values because they occur at different times.
The key idea in this problem is that there is some interest
rate at which the present value of the loan payments is equal
to the loan principal. We want to find this interest rate that
equates the loan principal to the present value of payments.
Solving for that algebraically is very difficult, so we rely on a
calculator or spreadsheet to find the solution.
Personal Finance Example 5.24 (3 of 4)

Calculator use Using the inputs

shown at the left, you will find that
the interest rate on this loan is
6.6%.
Personal Finance Example 5.24 (4 of 4)
Spreadsheet use You can also calculate the interest on this
loan as shown on the following Excel spreadsheet.
5.6 Special Applications of Time
Value (4 of 4)
• Finding an Unknown Number of Periods

 FVn 
log  
n=  PV0 
(5.15)
log (1 + r )
Personal Finance Example 5.25 (1 of 3)
Ann Bates wishes to determine how long it will take for her
initial $1,000 deposit, earning 8% annual interest, to grow to
$2,500. Applying Equation 5.15, at an 8% annual rate of
interest, how many years, n, will it take for Ann’s $1,000, P
V0, to grow to $2,500, FVn?

 $2,500 
log   0.39794
n=  $1, 000 = = 11.9
log(1.08) 0.03342

Ann will have to wait almost 12 years to reach her savings

goal of $2,500.
Personal Finance Example 5.25 (2 of 3)

Calculator use Using the calculator,

we treat the initial value as the
present value, PV, and the latest
value as the future value, FV. Using
the inputs shown at the left, we verify
that it will take Ann 11.9 years to
reach her $2,500 goal.
Personal Finance Example 5.25 (3 of 3)
Spreadsheet use You can calculate the number of years for
the present value to grow to a specified future value using
Excel’s NPER function, as shown below.
Personal Finance Example 5.26 (1 of 2)
Bill Smart can borrow $25,000 at a 7.25% annual interest
rate. The lender requires Bill to make equal, end-of-year
payments of $3,878.07. Bill wishes to determine how long it
will take to fully repay the loan. The algebraic solution to this
problem is a bit tedious, so we will find the answer with a
calculator or spreadsheet.

Calculator use Using the inputs at

the left, you will find the number of
periods to be nine years. So, after
making nine payments of $3,878.07,
Bill will have a zero outstanding
balance.
Personal Finance Example 5.26 (2 of 2)
Spreadsheet use The number of years to pay off the loan
also can be calculated as shown on the following Excel
spreadsheet.