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Author: Taylor Emma

A senior editor for The Mars that left the company to join the team of SenseCentral as a news editor and content creator. An artist by nature who enjoys video games, guitars, action figures, cooking, painting, drawing and good music.

General Concepts

The Meaning of Equivalence

In order to evaluate investment alternatives, sums of money produced at different points in time must be compared.…

September 1, 2021 · Taylor Emma
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Factor Formulas

The table below summarizes the equivalency factors . The Name column shows the traditional names for the factors. Each factor…

September 1, 2021 · Taylor Emma
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Equivalent annual cost

In finance, the equivalent annual cost (EAC) is the cost per year of owning and operating an asset over its…

September 1, 2021 · Taylor Emma
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cost dominated cash flow diagram

Cash Flow Cash flow is the sum of money recorded as receipts or disbursements in a project’s financial…

September 1, 2021 · Taylor Emma
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WORKEDOUT PROBLEMS

Single-Payment Compound Amount A person deposits a sum of Rs. 20,000 at the interest rate of 18% compounded…

September 1, 2021 · Taylor Emma
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Annual equivalent method

In most of the practical decision environments, executives will be forced to select the best alternative from a…

September 1, 2021 · Taylor Emma
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FUTURE WORTH METHOD

·         In this method, the future worth of various alternatives will be computed. Then, the alternative with the maximum…

August 31, 2021 · Taylor Emma
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Effective Interest Rates

Nominal, Period and Effective Interest Rates Based on Discrete Compounding of Interest ·         Usually, financial agencies report the interest…

August 31, 2021 · Taylor Emma
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Uniform Gradient Uniform Series

The Uniform Gradient Uniform Series (UGUS) factor calculator computes the change in the amount of an account that has uniform…

August 31, 2021 · Taylor Emma
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Uniform Annual Series and Future Value

Uniform annual series and future value Suppose that there is a series of “n” uniform payments, uniform in…

August 31, 2021 · Taylor Emma