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Chapter 4: Introduction to Valuation: The Time Value of Money

TRANSPARENCIES

T4.1: Chapter Outline
T4.2: Future Value for a Lump Sum (2 pages)
T4.3: Chapter 4 Quick Quiz – Part 1 of 4
T4.4: Future Value of $100 at 10 Percent (Table 4.1)
T4.5: Interest on Interest Illustration
T4.6: Chapter 4 Quick Quiz – Part 2 of 4 (2 pages)
T4.7: Present Value for a Lump Sum
T4.8: Present Value of $1 for Different Periods and Rates (Fig. 4.3)
T4.9: Example: A Penny Saved (2 pages)
T4.10: Chapter 4 Quick Quiz – Part 3 of 4
T4.11: Summary of Time Value Calculations (Table 4.4)
T4.12: Chapter 4 Quick Quiz – Part 4 of 4 (2 pages)
T4.13: Solution to Problem 4.6 (2 pages)
T4.14: Solution to Problem 4.10

CHAPTER ORGANIZATION

T4.1: Chapter Outline

4.1 FUTURE VALUE AND COMPOUNDING

Investing for a Single Period
Investing for More than One Period

4.2 PRESENT VALUE AND DISCOUNTING

The Single-Period Case
Present Values for Multiple Periods

4.3 MORE ON PRESENT AND FUTURE VALUES

Present versus Future Value
Determining the Discount Rate
Finding the Number of Periods


ANNOTATED CHAPTER OUTLINE

4.1 FUTURE VALUE AND COMPOUNDING

Lecture Tip, page 84: Many students find the phrases "time value of money" and "a dollar today is worth more than a dollar later" to be somewhat cryptic. In some ways, it might be better to say "the money value of time" and to state that a dollar today doesn't (and indeed, cannot) trade for less than a dollar later.

-----Indeed, many of the phrases and much of the terminology surrounding exchanges of money now for money later are confusing to students. For example, present value as the name for money paid or received earlier in time and future value as the name for money paid or received later in time are a constant source of confusion. How, students ask, can money to be paid next year be a "present" value; how can money received today be a "future" value? They must be made aware that we mean earlier money and later money (or leftmost and rightmost amounts on the time line).

-----Many students never fully comprehend that present value, future value, interest rates, and interest rate factors are simply a convenient means for communicating the terms of exchange for what are essentially different kinds of money. One way to emphasize both the exchange aspect of the time value of money and that present dollars and future dollars are different kinds of money is to compare them to U.S. dollars and Canadian dollars.

-----Both are called dollars, but they're not the same thing. And just as U.S dollars rarely trade 1 for 1 for Canadian dollars, neither do present dollars trade 1 for 1 for future dollars. Just as there are exchange rates for U.S. dollars into Canadian and vice-versa, present value and future value factors represent exchange rates between earlier money and later money. Also, the same reciprocity that exists between the foreign exchange rates exists between future value and present value interest factors.

A. Investing for a Single Period

T4.2: Future Value for a Lump Sum (2 pages)
T4.3: Chapter 4 Quick Quiz – Part 1 of 43

Given r, the interest rate, every $1 today will produce (1 + r) of future value (FV). So,

FV = $X(1 + r), where $X is principal.

Example:

$100 at 10% interest gives $100(1.10) = $110.

B. Investing for More than One Period

Reinvesting the interest, we earn interest on interest, i.e., compounding

FV = $X(1 + r)(1 + r) = $X(1 + r)2

Example:

$100 at 10% for 2 periods: $100(1.10)(1.10) = $100(1.10)2 = $121

In general, for t periods, FV = $X(1 + r)t where (1 + r)t is the future value interest factor, FVIF(r,t).

Example:

$100 at 10% for 10 periods: $100(1.10)10= $259.37

FVIF(r,t): Factor can be obtained in various ways

-factor tables such as A.1 of Appendix in text
-scientific calculator with yx key
-financial calculator

Lecture Tip, page 84: It may be helpful to emphasize this compounding example on the chalkboard. Demonstrate the compounding of $100 at 10 percent by showing the future value at the end of year one. Then separate the $110 into $100 principal and $10 interest. Now demonstrate that the $100 principal will then earn another $10 over the second year and the $10 interest earned at the end of the first year will earn $1 interest over the second year, resulting in a $121 end-of-year-two value

Example:

Present----- End Yr. 1 Value ----- End Yr. 2 Value

$100 ------> $100----------Principal------> $110

---------------$ 10----------Interest -------> $ 11

$100 -------- $110 ---------------------------$121

By stressing this paragraph's example and the initial example in the text, the students' intuition of compounding or interest-on-interest may be enhanced. This example is extended over five periods in Table 4.1 in the text. A failure to understand this compounding impact will create trouble for some students throughout the course.

T4.4: Future Value of $100 at 10 Percent (Table 4.1)
T4.5: Interest on Interest Illustration4

Lecture Tip, page 89: Students are often helped by concrete examples tied to real life. For example, one might illustrate the effect of compound growth by asking the following question in class: "Assume you just started a new job and your current annual salary is $25,000. Suppose that the rate of inflation stays at around 4% annually for the next 40 years, and you receive annual cost-of-living increases tied to the inflation rate. What will your ending salary be?"
-----Most students are happy to hear that their final annual salary will be $120,025. (=$25,000 ´ (1.04)40) They are often less happy, however, when they find that today's $15,000 automobile will cost $72,015 under the same assumptions.
-----This example can be extended in many directions. For example, you might next ask how much their final salary will be 40 years hence, should they receive better-than-average raises of, say, 5% annually. The difference is striking: $25,000 ´ (1.05)40 = $176,000; or approximately $56,000 in additional purchasing power in that year alone! (Admittedly, the difference is smaller than it appears when one realizes that it is quoted in future dollars and wouldn't be enough to buy us that $15,000 car 40 years hence.)

T4.6: Chapter 4 Quick Quiz – Part 2 of 4

4.2 PRESENT VALUE AND DISCOUNTING

A. The Single Period Case

Given r, what amount today (Present Value or PV) will produce a given future amount?
Since future amount = $X(1 + r), PV = future amount/(1 + r).

Example:

$110 in 1 period at 10% has a PV of $110/(1.10) = $100.

Discounting- the process of finding PV

T4.7: Present Value for a Lump Sum

Lecture Tip, page 92: It may be helpful to utilize the example of $100 compounded at 10 percent to emphasize the present value concept. Start with the basic formula: PV ´ (1 + r)t = FV; therefore, PV = FV ´ [1 / (1 + r)t]. Students should recognize that the discount factor is the inverse of the compounding factor. Ask the class to determine the present value of $110 and $121 if the amounts are received in one year and two years, respectively, and the interest rate is 10 percent. Now demonstrate the mechanics:

$100 = $110 ´ [1 / (1 + .10)1] = $110 ´ .0909
$100 = $121 ´ [1 / (1 + .10)2] = $121 ´ .8264

The students will recognize that it was an initial investment of $100 and an interest rate of 10 percent that created these two future values.

B. Present Values for Multiple Periods

PV of future amount in t periods at r is:

PV = future amount ´ [1/(1 + r)t], where [1/(1 + r)t] is the discount factor or Present Value Interest Factor, PVIF(r,t).

Example:

$259.37 10 periods from now has a PV at 10% of $259.37 ´ [1/(1.10)10] = $100 (the PVIF is .3855).

DCF (Discounted Cash Flow)- the process of valuation by finding the present value.

Lecture Tip, page 93: The following example can be used to dramatize the effect of discounting over long periods.

Vincent Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' was sold at auction in 1987 for approximately $36 million. It had sold in 1889 for $125. At what discount rate is $125 the present value of $36 million, given a 98-year timespan?

$125/$36 million = PVIF(r,98) = .0000034722 = (1 + r)1/98. Solving for r, we find that the implied discount rate is approximately 13.685%.

Of course, the example can be turned around. "If your great-grandfather had purchased the painting in 1889 and your family sold it for $36 million, the average annually compounded rate of return on the $125 investment was ___?" Stating the problem this way and working it as a compounding problem helps students to see the relationship between discounting and compounding.

T4.8: Present Value of $1 for Different Periods and Rates (Fig. 4.3)7

4.3 MORE ON PRESENT AND FUTURE VALUES

A. Present versus Future Value

Present Value factors are reciprocals of Future Value factors:

PVIF(r,t) = 1/(1 + r)t and FVIF(r,t) = (1 + r)t

Example:

FVIF(10%,4) = (1.10)4 = 1.464 and PVIF(10%,4) = 1/(1.10)4 = .683

Basic present value equation: PV = FV ´ [1/(1 + r)t]

Lecture Tip, page 96: Students who fail to grasp the concept of time value often do so because it is never really clear to them that, given a 10% opportunity rate, $11 to be received in one year is equivalent to having $10 today. Or $9.09 one year ago. Or $8.26 two years ago, etc. At its most fundamental level, compounding and discounting is nothing more than using a set of formulas to find equivalent values at any two points in time. In economic terms, one might stress that equivalence just means that a rational person will be indifferent between $10 today and $11 in one year, given a 10% opportunity rate, because s/he could (a) take the $10 today and invest it to have $11 in one year, or (b) sell the right to receive $11 in one year for $10 today.
-----A corollary to this concept is that one can't (or shouldn't) add, subtract, multiply, or divide money values in different time periods unless those values are stated in equivalent terms, i.e., at a single point in time.

B. Determining the Discount Rate

Finding r in the basic present value equation

PV = FV ´ [1/(1 + r)t] or FV = PV(1 + r)t

-financial calculator (supply PV, FV, and t; compute r)
-[tth root of FV/PV] - 1
-look up either PVIF (PV/FV) or FVIF (FV/PV) in appropriate table

Example:

What interest rate makes a PV of $100 become a FV of $150 in 6 periods?

-FV/PV = $150/100 =1.5, the 6th root of 1.5 is 1.0699, making r = 7%
-FV/PV gives an FVIF of 1.5, look across 6 periods in Table A.1, r = 7%
-PV/FV gives a PVIF of .6666, look across 6 periods in Table A.2, r = 7%

Lecture Tip, page 96: This paragraph in the text should be strongly emphasized. With the examples used thus far, there have always been four parts to the equation, one of which is unknown. In finding the future value, we must know the present value, the interest rate and the time of the investment. In finding the present value, we must know the future value, interest rate, and time of the investment. Although it may seem obvious, ask the class "what must be known if we are attempting to determine the discount rate of an investment?" (PV, FV and t). Then use the previous example and ask the class to determine the discount rate or return on an investment if they invested $100 today and received $121 in two years. The students should remember that 10 percent generated the identity. Finally, show the solution process using Table A.1 or A.2.

T4.9: Example: A Penny Saved (2 pages)
T4.10: Chapter 4 Quick Quiz – Part 3 of 4

C. Finding the Number of Periods

Finding t in the basic present value equation

PV = FV ´ [1/(1 + r)t] (or FV = PV(1 + r)t)

-financial calculator (supply PV, FV, and r; compute t)
-using FV = PV(1 + r)t, make (FV/PV) = (1 + r)t, ln(FV/PV) = t[ln(1 + r)], then t = [ln(FV/PV)/ln(1 + r)]
-using PVIF ( = PV/FV) or FVIF ( = FV/PV), look under r in appropriate table.

Example: How many periods before $100 today grows to be $150 at 7%?

-FV/PV = 150/100 = 1.5; 1 + r = 1.07;
-ln(1.5) = .405465 and ln(1.07) = .067659,
so ln(FV/PV)/ln(1 + r) = .405465/.067659 = 6 periods.
-FV/PV gives FVIF of 1.5, look under 7% in Appendix A, Table A.1, t = 6 periods.

Rule of 72- the time to double your money, (FV/PV) = 2.00, is approximately (72/r%) periods. The rate needed to double your money is approximately (72/t)%.

Example: To double your money at 10% takes approximately (72/10) = 7.2 periods.

Example: To double your money in 6 years takes approximately (72/6) = 12%.

T4.11: Summary of Time Value Calculations (Table 4.4)
T4.12: Chapter 4 Quick Quiz – Part 4 of 4 (2 pages)
T4.13: Solution to Problem 4.6 (2 pages)
T4.14: Solution to Problem 4.10

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