102 7: Cash Flow Calculations
Example: Calculating IRR and NPV of an Investment.
An investor
makes an initial investment of $80,000, and expects returns over the
next five years as illustrated below.
$ _ 80,000
1
2
3
4
5
5,000
4,500
5,500
4,000
115,000
(Initial flow)
Calculate the total of the cash flows and the internal rate of return of the
investment. In addition, calculate the net present value and net future
value, assuming an annual interest rate of 10.5%.
Start the problem with an empty cash-flow list. Since the cash flows are
ungrouped, each one occurs just once. Turn off the
#TIMES
prompt to
make cash-flow entry faster.
Keys: Display:
Description:
"
r
"
Displays current cash-flow
list and CFLO menu keys.
@c
W
or
p
s
"
"
"
G9ECL(T8U"
Clears current list or gets a
new one. The empty list
prompts for its initial cash
flow.
q
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Briefly
shows the status of
q
then returns to the
list. With prompting off,
all cash flows are