Table 1-3 Keys and Descriptions

Keys

Description

 

 

:[

Stores the number of payments or compounding periods

per year.

 

 

F

Stores or calculates the future value (FV), a final cash flow.

FV always occurs at the end of the last compounding

 

period.

 

 

:]

Sets End mode (End). Payments occur at the end of each

compounding period.

 

 

A

Amortization. The Amortization menu calculations are

based on values stored in the following TVM registers: N,

 

I/R, PV, PMT, P/YR.

 

 

:\

Depreciation menu. Calculate the depreciation of assets

with six different depreciation models.

 

 

C

Cash Flow list. Enter cash flows into the list as a set of

numbered pairs, CF(n) and #CF(n), where n is the index of

 

the cash flow list.

 

 

:y

Data menu. Enter and store data for statistical operations.

Enter a list of x values for one-variable statistics, a list of

 

pairs, (x, F) for weighted, one-variable statistics, a list of

 

numbers x for one-variable statistics, or a list of pairs, (x, y)

 

for two-variable statistics. To enter data, key in a number

 

and press I.

 

 

PR

Opens the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Net Present

Value (NPV) menus for cash flow analysis.

 

 

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