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Chapter 3
Financial Functions
General Inf
ormation
Financial calculations
The f
ollo
wing fi
nancial functions are a
v
ailab
le
. Use NORMAL
mode to perf
or
m fi
nancial calculations
.
TVM (Time
V
alue of Mone
y) solver:
Analyz
e equal and regular
cash fl
o
w
s
. These include calculations f
or mor
tgages
, loans
,
leases
, sa
vings
, ann
uities and contr
acts or in
v
estments with
regular pa
yments
.
Amor
tization calculations:
Calculate and create amor
tization
schedules using v
alues stored in the
TVM solv
er
.
Discounted cash fl
o
w
anal
ysis:
Analyz
e unequal cash fl
o
w
s
and calculate NPV (net present v
alue) and IRR (inter
nal r
ate of
retur
n).
Bond calculations:
Solv
e bond pr
ices or yields to matur
ity with
accr
ued interest.
Depreciation calculations:
Obtain depreciation base v
alues
using three types of calculation methods
.
Con
ver
sion between APR and EFF:
Interest r
ates can be
con
v
e
rted betw
een APR (ann
ual, or nominal percentage r
ate)
and EFF (eff
ectiv
e interest r
ate).
Da
y and date calculations:
Calculate dates and the n
umber of
da
ys betw
een dates
.
P
e
rcent c
hang
e/Compound interest calculations:
Calculate
percent change (increase or decrease) and compound interest
rates
.
Cost/Sell/Mar
gin/Markup calculations:
Calculate cost, selling
pr
ice and margin/mar
kup
.
Breake
ven calculations:
Calculate break
e
v
en points (quantity)
using fi
x
ed costs
, v
a
riab
le costs per unit, unit pr
ices
, and profi
t.
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