Identify the variables used in financial forecasting for retirement, investing, savings, and loans that impact payments, term to payoff, etc. Specifically, why is $1.00 today worth more to you than $1.00 in twenty (20) years?
Time value of money is the relation between the value earned today to the value that is received in future. A dollar today can be invested in other opportunity to receive interest, which will lead to appreciaiton of value of the dollar. Hence, a dollar today is worth more than a dollar received in future. This concept is called time value of money.
The variable include:
PV = FV/(1+r)^n
PV - Present value
FV - Future value
r - Interest rate
n - no. of periods
So, in this case $1 invested today for 20 years is more than $1 in twenty years.
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