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TCU Finance Exit Exam 2026
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Calculate the present value or future value of a lump (single) sum. -

ANSWER ✔✔o PV = FV / (1+i)^n


o FV = PV(1+i)^n

Find number of periods or interest rate for lump sum cash flow if given

PV and FV - ANSWER ✔✔Calculator time(see above relationships)


Calculate PV or FV of an annuity and of an annuity due - ANSWER

✔✔Remember to set TVM: PMT:end/beginning


If solving for FV, set PV to 0

,If solving for PV, set FV to 0

PMT=annual payment

FV=0 or solve for

i=market rate

PV=0 or solve for

Find PMT, interest rate, or number of payments in annuity or annuity due

problem with annual or non-annual payments - ANSWER

✔✔Remember to adjust for non-annual payments


Find the PV, PMT, or interest rate for a perpetuity - ANSWER

✔✔Perpetuity: PV=PMT/interest rate


Calculate the effective annual rate for an interest rate compounded more

than one time per year - ANSWER ✔✔o ((1+ i/n)^n) - 1


o I = stated annual interest rate

o N = number of periods


Prepare a loan amortization table - ANSWER ✔✔Monthly payment:

Calculator: solve for PMT using PV=principal and FV=0

Pay attention to annuity or annuity due

, For each payment, multiply interest rate times remaining principle to

determine interest portion of payment. The remaining amount goes

towards principle.

Understand the effect of time and interest rate on present and future

values of a cash flow - ANSWER ✔✔• The further out in time, the less

the PV becomes




• The higher the discount rate, the lower the PV becomes


Calculate the price of a bond - ANSWER ✔✔o PV of interest

payments

-Find annual coupon rate, or semiannual

-Find semiannual discount rate, or the bonds with similar maturities

-Multiple time to maturity by 2

o PV of principal amount


Calculate the yield to maturity of a bond - ANSWER ✔✔o The yield to

maturity is the discount rate that equates the bond's current price with its

stream of promised future cash flows.

o On calculator, solve for I/Y, and then multiply by two if semiannual to

get annual yield

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