Chapter 3

Financial Functions

General Information

Financial calculations

The following financial functions are available. Use NORMAL mode to perform financial calculations.

TVM (Time Value of Money) solver: Analyze equal and regular cash flows. These include calculations for mortgages, loans, leases, savings, annuities and contracts or investments with regular payments.

Amortization calculations: Calculate and create amortization schedules using values stored in the TVM solver.

Discounted cash flow analysis: Analyze unequal cash flows and calculate NPV (net present value) and IRR (internal rate of return).

Bond calculations: Solve bond prices or yields to maturity with accrued interest.

Depreciation calculations: Obtain depreciation base values using three types of calculation methods.

Conversion between APR and EFF: Interest rates can be converted between APR (annual, or nominal percentage rate) and EFF (effective interest rate).

Day and date calculations: Calculate dates and the number of days between dates.

Percent change/Compound interest calculations: Calculate percent change (increase or decrease) and compound interest rates.

Cost/Sell/Margin/Markup calculations: Calculate cost, selling

price and margin/markup.

Breakeven calculations: Calculate breakeven points (quantity) using fixed costs, variable costs per unit, unit prices, and profit.

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