puertoricanninja said:
what is the right formula to calculate the pv of an annuity w/ reinvested
interest?
Of course, there are many "right formulas".
i receive 10,000 cash / month for 7 years;
i invest all cash @ an interest rate of 5% / year;
i reinvest all the interest;
the discount rate is 9%.
i want the pv of the cash received and reinvested interest.
Making some simplifying assumptions [1], the FV of the 10000 investment
at 5% with interest reinvested is:
=fv(5%/12, 7*12, -10000)
The PV of that FV at a discount rate of 9% over 7 years is:
=pv(9%, 7, 0, fv(...))
However, that is not the NPV of the cash flows. I wonder if that is
what you really want. The NPV would be:
=pv(9%/12, 7*12, -10000, fv(...), 1)
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[1] You do not say whether 5% and 9% are nominal rates or effective
rates. If nominal rates, you do not specify the compounding frequency
of the investment. I make the simplifying assumption that 5% is a
nominal rate. I make varying assumptions about 9% depending on what
makes the formulation convenient ;-). The difference in PV under other
assumptions is less than 0.5%. But if this is a homework assignment,
you might need to make adjustments or clarify the problem statement if
you want further help.