CFA Level 1 Notes - 2021 1
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Reading 6 - The Time Value of
Money
Module 6.1 EAY and Compounding Frequency
LOS 6.a Interpret interest rates as required rates of return, discount
rates, or opportunity costs
Explain the concept of compound interest?
💡 Compound interest: The process of the value of money
growing over time due to the effect of interest accumulating
on previously earned interest
Explain what interest rates represent in terms of cash flow modelling?
In terms of cash flow modelling interest rates represent:
The required rate of return, ie the rate at which NPV = 0
Discount rate
Opportunity cost: If i=5%, the unearned interest of 5% is the
opportunity cost, if current consumption is elected over investing
What is the difference between real and nominal GDP?
Real GDP = GDP with the inflation effect stripped out
LOS 6.b Explain an interest rate as the sum of a real risk-free rate and
premiums that compensate investors for bearing distinct types of risk
What is the formula for the nominal risk free rate?
Nominal Rf = Real Rf + Expected inflation rate
What are the risks associated with investing in securities?
Types of risk investing in securities:
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, Default risk: The risk that the borrower won’t be able to meet
payments / obligations
Liquidity risk: The risk of selling for less than Fair value if needed to
be sold QUICKLY
Maturity risk: Longer term securities are of higher risk than shorter
term
What is the formula for the required rate of return for a security
involving the above risks?
Required rate of return on a security = NOMINAL RF + Default risk +
Liquidity risk + Maturity risk
LOS 6.c Calculate and interpret the effective annual rate, given the
stated annual interest rate and the frequency of compounding
What is the formula for the effective annual rate?
EAR = Equivalent annual rate for a compounded IR
EAR = (1 + I/m)m –1
LOS 6.d: Solve time value of money problems for different frequencies of
compounding
What are the formulas for quarterly, monthly and daily compounding
frequencies?
Quarterly = (1 + r/4)4 –1
Monthly = (1 + r/12)12 –1
Daily = (1 + r/365)365 –1
Module 6.2 Calculating PV and FV
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, LOS 6.e Calculate and interpret the future value FV and present value
PV of a single sum of money, an ordinary annuity, an annuity due, a
perpetuity PV only), and a series of unequal cash flows
LOS 6.f Demonstrate the use of a time line in modeling and solving time
value of money problems
What is the formula for a future value?
F uture V alue = P V (1 + I/m)mn
Calculator example: What is the FV of a £100 investment after 2 years
with a interest rate of 10% compounded annually?
N = 2, I/Y = 10, PV = 100, PMT = 0 ⟶ CPT FV = $121
What is the formula for a present value of a single sum?
Calculator example: What is the PV of a £100 FV with a interest rate of
10% compounded annually?
N = 2, I/Y = 10, PMT = 0, FV = 100 ⟶ CPT PV = $83
P resent V alue = F V /(1 + I/m)m∗n
What is the difference between an ordinary annuity and an annuity due?
💡 Ordinary Annuity: The most typical type of annuity, cash
flows occur at the end of each period for a finite number of
periods
💡 Annuity Due: Annuities where cash flow occurs at the
beginning of each period
What is the future value of an ordinary annuity that pays $1,000 per
year at the end of the next 3 years, with a 10% interest rate?
N = 3, I/Y = 10, PV = 0, PMT = 1,000 —- > FV = $3,310
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, What is the present value of an ordinary annuity that pays $1,000 per
year at the end of the next 3 years, with a 10% interest rate?
N = 3, I/Y = 10, PMT = 1,000, FV = 0 —- > PV = $2,487
What is the future value of an annuity due that pays $1,000 per year at
the beginning of the next 3 years, with a 10% interest rate?
Set calculator to BGN mode — > N = 3, I/Y = 10, PV = 0, PMT = 1,000
—- > FV = $3,641
What is the present value of an annuity due that pays $1,000 per year
at the beginning of the next 3 years, with a 10% interest rate?
Set calculator to BGN mode — > N = 3, I/Y = 10, PMT = 1,000, FV = 0
—- > PV = $2,735
How do you calculate the present value of a perpetual cash flow?
Cash flow
P resent value of a perpetuity =
(I/m)
What is the present value of the following uneven set of cash flows over
a three year period at a 10% interest rate: Year 1100, Year 2200, Year
3300?
Using the calculator:
Cash flow 1 N = 2, I/Y = 10, PV = 100, PMT = 0 —- > FV = $121
Cash flow 2 N = 1, I/Y = 10, PV = 200, PMT = 0 —- > FV = $220
Cash flow 3 N = 0, I/Y = 10, PV = 300, PMT = 0 —- > FV = $300
Therefore total future value = $641
What is the future value of the following uneven set of cash flows over
a three year period at a 10% interest rate: Year 1100, Year 2200, Year
3300?
Using the calculator:
Cash flow 1 N = 1, I/Y = 10, PMT = 0, FV = $100 —- > PV = $91
Cash flow 2 N = 2, I/Y = 10, PMT = 0, FV = $200 —- > PV = $165
Cash flow 3 N = 3, I/Y = 10, PMT = 0, FV = $300 —- > PV = $225
Therefore total present value = $481
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, What is the cash flow additivity principle?
💡 Cash Flow Additivity Principle: PV of a set of cash flows =
the present value of each cash flow individually... added
together
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