Time value of money

Introduction Time value of money is the basic concept of finance which says that value of money as of today is more than value of money in the future period. To calculate time value of money we have two methods; Compounding Discounting Time value of money - Compounding Compounding is the estimate of future cash flows that shall arise when any sum of amount is invested at a given interest rate for a given time period. An amount that is invested today is multiplied by compound factor to arrive at future cash flows at specific interest rate. Where: i = interest rate n = number of years   Example 1: A company wants...

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