Net present value and the profitability index are helpful tools that allow investors and companies make decisions about where to allocate their money for the best return. Net present value tells us ...

I'm struggling a bit with a question on how to calculate present value of a future stream of payments that are increasing and are broken into installment payments. Here's the scenario: There are 28 ...

Daniel Myers oversees client portfolios, investment policy at Kreger Financial and is the owner of Deep Fork LLC, a real estate investment firm. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois ...

In the world of finance, an annuity is a contract between you and a life insurance company in which you give the company a lump sum or series of payments, and in return, the insurer promises to ...

Now I (sort of) understand why so many homeowners are in loan modification hell. This Dante's Housing Crisis Inferno has been fanned by the introduction of a simple calculation: the NPV. What's the ...

Net present value and the profitability index are helpful tools that allow investors and companies make decisions about where to allocate their money for the best return. Net present value tells us ...