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V
ariab
les used in fi
nancial
calculations
Financial calculations use m
ultiple v
a
riab
les
. By enter
ing kno
wn
v
alues into v
a
riab
les
, y
ou can obtain unkno
wn v
alues
. V
a
riab
les
used in fi
nancial calculations are categor
iz
ed into the f
ollo
wing
tw
o types
, depending on the entr
y method.
TVM v
ariab
les:
V
a
riab
les that are used in the
TVM solv
er
. These include N,
I/Y
, PV
, PMT and FV
. Y
ou can store
, recall or calculate v
alues
directly using the corresponding k
e
y
s
.
Listed fi
nancial
v
ariab
les:
V
a
riab
les that are organiz
ed into lists in diff
erent categor
ies
. These
va
riab
les can be accessed using the
z
/
i
cursor k
e
ys in
each calculation.
P/Y and C/Y in the
TVM solv
er are of this type of
va
riab
le
.
V
ariab
les shared among calculations
Financial v
a
riab
les are specifi
c to the type of calculation the
y
are used in.
V
alues are stored in these v
a
riab
les and recalled
as required.
Some v
a
riab
les are shared (in the memor
y area)
among calculations
. If y
ou change the v
alue of a v
a
riab
le in one
calculation, the v
alue will change in all the other calculations
as w
ell.
The f
ollo
wing list sho
ws the v
a
riab
les shared betw
een
calculations
. While calculating, be a
w
are of the v
alues stored in
these v
a
riab
les
.
TVM
solver
Discounted
cash fl
ow
anal
ysis
Bond
calculations
Depreciation
calculations
P
e
rcent c
h
ang
e/
Compound inter
-
est calculations
Da
y and date
calculations
N
—
CPN/Y (N)
LIFE (N)
PERIODS (N)
—
I/Y
RA
TE (I/Y)
YIELD (I/Y)
DB (I/Y)
% (I/Y)
—
PV
—
PRICE (PV)
COST (PV)
OLD PRC (PV)
—
PMT
—
COUPON
(PMT)
——
—
FV
—
REDEMPT
(FV)
SAL
V
A
GE (FV)
NEW PRC (FV)
—
——
M-D-Y 1
D-M-Y 1
——
M-D-Y 1
D-M-Y 1
——
M-D-Y 2
D-M-Y 2
——
M-D-Y 2
D-M-Y 2
*The v
a
riab
le names v
a
ry
according to the data f
o
rmat settings
.
*
*
*
*
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