You have earned a pension worth $2,000 a month, you think you will live and additional 15 years. The current prevailing interest rate is 2% per year. What is the current market value of your pension?
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Information provided:
Monthly pension= $2,000
Time= 15 years*12= 180 months
Interest rate= 2%/12= 0.1667% per month
The current value of the pension is calculated by computing the present value.
Enter the below in a financial calculator to compute the present value:
PMT= 2,000
N= 180
I/Y= 0.1667
Press the CPT key and PV to compute the present value.
The value obtained is 310,796.11.
Therefore, the current value of the pension is $310,796.11.
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