256 Appendix E: Formulas Used

DPN

j

= RBV

FACT

for j 1

100L

 

j 1

 

 

Modified Internal Rate of Return

n= number of compounding periods.

NFVP

= Net future value of the positive cash flows.

NPVN

= Net present value of the negative cash flows.

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

⎢⎛

NFV

n

MIRR = 100

P

1

NPV

 

 

⎢⎜

 

 

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advance Payments

 

A = number of payments made in advance.

PMT =

 

PV FV (1+ i)n

 

 

+ i)

(nA)

 

1(1

 

+

A

 

 

i

 

 

⎣⎢

 

 

⎦⎥

Interest Rate Conversions

C= number of compounding periods per year.

EFF = the effective annual interest rate as a decimal.

NOM = the nominal annual interest rate as a decimal.

Finite Compounding

NOM C

EFF = ⎜1+

 

1

 

C

 

Continuous Compounding

EFF = (eNOM 1)

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