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This present value factor, or discount factor, is used to determine the amount of money that must be invested now in order to have a given amount of money in the future. For example, if you need 1 in one year, then the amount of money you should invest now is: 1 × v {\displaystyle \,1\times v} .
A capital recovery factor is the ratio of a constant annuity to the present value of receiving that annuity for a given length of time. Using an interest rate i, the capital recovery factor is: = (+) (+) where is the number of annuities received. [1]
The actuarial present value (APV) is the expected value of the present value of a contingent cash flow stream (i.e. a series of payments which may or may not be made). Actuarial present values are typically calculated for the benefit-payment or series of payments associated with life insurance and life annuities. The probability of a future ...
In economics, Present value interest factor, also known by the acronym PVIF, is used in finance theory to refer to the output of a calculation, used to determine the monthly payment needed to repay a loan. The calculation involves a number of variables, which are set out in the following description of the calculation:
The reverse operation—evaluating the present value of a future amount of money—is called a discounting (how much will $100 received in 5 years—at a lottery for example—be worth today?). It follows that if one has to choose between receiving $100 today and $100 in one year, the rational decision is to choose the $100 today.
Assessing whether increased maintenance costs will economically change the useful life of an asset. [10] Calculating how much should be invested in an asset in order to achieve a desired result (i.e., purchasing a storage tank with a 20-year life, as opposed to one with a 5-year life, in order to achieve a similar EAC). [11]
Taking the example in reverse, it is the equivalent of investing 3,186.31 at t = 0 (the present value) at an interest rate of 10% compounded for 12 years, which results in a cash flow of 10,000 at t = 12 (the future value).
A series can be uniformly convergent and absolutely convergent without being uniformly absolutely-convergent. For example, if ƒ n (x) = x n /n on the open interval (−1,0), then the series Σf n (x) converges uniformly by comparison of the partial sums to those of Σ(−1) n /n, and the series Σ|f n (x)| converges absolutely at each point by the geometric series test, but Σ|f n (x)| does ...