Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
Chapter 5
Compound annual growth rate - ANS - the average annual growth rate over a specified period
of time.
\compounding - ANS - the process of accumulating interest on an investment over time to earn
more interest
\discount - ANS - calculate the present value of some future amount
\discount rate - ANS - the rate used to calculate the present value of future cash flows
\discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation - ANS - calculating the present value of a future cas flow
to determine its value today.
\future value (FV) - ANS - the amount an investment is worth after one or more periods
\Future Value (FV) - ANS - the value of an investment after it earns interest for one or more
periods
\interest on interest - ANS - interest earned on the reinvestment of previous interest payments
\present value (PV) - ANS - the current value of future cash flows discounted as the appropriate
discount rate
\Rule of 72 - ANS - a rule proposing that the time required to double money invested
approximately equals 72/i, where i is the rate of return expressed as a percentage.
\simple interest - ANS - interest earned only on the original principal amount invested
\Simple interest - ANS - interest earned only on the original principal amount invested
\Time value of money - ANS - the principle that a dollar received today is worth more than a
dollar received in the future
\time zero - ANS - The beginning of a transaction; often the current point in time
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Chapter 5
Compound annual growth rate - ANS - the average annual growth rate over a specified period
of time.
\compounding - ANS - the process of accumulating interest on an investment over time to earn
more interest
\discount - ANS - calculate the present value of some future amount
\discount rate - ANS - the rate used to calculate the present value of future cash flows
\discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation - ANS - calculating the present value of a future cas flow
to determine its value today.
\future value (FV) - ANS - the amount an investment is worth after one or more periods
\Future Value (FV) - ANS - the value of an investment after it earns interest for one or more
periods
\interest on interest - ANS - interest earned on the reinvestment of previous interest payments
\present value (PV) - ANS - the current value of future cash flows discounted as the appropriate
discount rate
\Rule of 72 - ANS - a rule proposing that the time required to double money invested
approximately equals 72/i, where i is the rate of return expressed as a percentage.
\simple interest - ANS - interest earned only on the original principal amount invested
\Simple interest - ANS - interest earned only on the original principal amount invested
\Time value of money - ANS - the principle that a dollar received today is worth more than a
dollar received in the future
\time zero - ANS - The beginning of a transaction; often the current point in time
\