Net present value and the profitability index are helpful tools that allow investors and companies make decisions about where to allocate their money for the best return. Net present value tells us ...

Daniel Myers oversees client portfolios, investment policy at Kreger Financial and is the owner of Deep Fork LLC, a real estate investment firm. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois ...

The discount factor of a company is the rate of return that a capital expenditure project must meet to be accepted. It is used to calculate the net present value of future cash flows from a project ...

Now I (sort of) understand why so many homeowners are in loan modification hell. This Dante's Housing Crisis Inferno has been fanned by the introduction of a simple calculation: the NPV. What's the ...

When a company is making capital budgeting decisions -- whether it's something as small as buying a new copier vs. servicing an old one or as big as entering a new market -- it must weigh the expected ...

Calculating the interest rate using the present value formula can at first seem impossible. However, with a little math and some common sense, anyone can quickly calculate an investment's interest ...