Chapter 4
Chapter 4
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Chapter 4: Discounted Cash Flow Valuation
3. Compounding Periods
4. CONTINUOUS COMPOUNDING
continuous compounding: compound every infinitesimal instant
With continuous compounding, the value at the end of t years is expressed as:
4. Simplifications
1. PERPETUITY
A perpetuity is a constant stream of cash flows without end.
2. GROWING PERPETUITY
If one assumes that the rise of an investment will continue indefinitely, the cash
3. ANNUITY
An annuity is a level stream of regular payments that lasts for a fixed number of
periods.
4. GROWING ANNUITY
a finite number of growing cash flows
5. Loan Amortization
An amortized loan may require the borrower to repay parts of the loan amount
over time.
The process of providing for a loan to be paid off by making regular principal
reductions is called amortizing the loan.
With an equal principal loan, the borrower pays the interest each period plus an
equal principal amount.
most common way of amortizing a loan is an equal payment loan: the borrower
makes a single, fixed payment every period.