Unit 3 Flashcards
The percentage of the principal that a lender charges a borrower for the use of assets
Interest Rate
The name for interest rate when used in time value of money calculations
Discount Rate
The minimum return or compensation an investor requires in order to invest;
Required Rate of Return
The cost to a firm to use an investor’s capital
Cost of Capital
The interest earned only on the principal
Simple Interest
The interest on the principal plus the interest on earned interest.
Compounding Interest
The loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.
Opportunity Costs
The rate at which the average price level of a basket of chosen goods and services in an economy increases over a period of time.
Inflation
The rate at which invested money grows for a certain period of time
Nominal Rate
An interest rate that is adjusted to remove the effects of inflation
Real Rate
An economic theory developed by Irving Fisher holding that the real interest rate is equivalent to the nominal interest rate minus the expected inflation rate.
Fisher Effect
The idea that money that is available at the present time is worth more than the same amount in the future.
Time Value of Money (TVM)
The worth of cash flows in terms of the dollar amount in the relative past
Present Value
The worth of cash flows in terms of the dollar amount in the relative future.
Future Value
Finding a future value given a present value.
Compounding
Finding a present value given a future value
Discounting
A stream of cash flows of an equal amount paid every consecutive period.
Annuity
A series of equal payments made at the end of consecutive periods over a fixed length of time
Ordinary Annuity
A series of equal payments made at the beginning of consecutive periods.
Annuity Due