Money has no legs of its own and yet it keeps on moving around faster than all of us. This makes money all powerful. But time is a great leveller. What looks like a mountain of money today may become dust tomorrow if money does not keep on moving with time.
Johnny is, however, interested in understanding things in the reverse order. A fortune-teller has predicted that Johnny will have a mountain of money after 30 years. Johnny wants to know the present worth of his future mountain of money. In other words, Johnny wants to know how he can calculate the present value of future money.
Jinny: Hi, Johnny! Why are you standing on your head today?
Johnny: I am trying to understand things in the reverse order. If I have a mountain of money after 30 years, what is its actual worth today?
Jinny: Well, you just need to make smart use of your calculator to know that. If somebody promises to pay you Rs1 crore after 30 years, you may feel that after 30 years you would have a mountain of money. But don’t entertain the notion that after 30 years you could lead the lavish life of a present-day millionaire!
You should always compare the future value of your money with its present value to see its true worth. What is its worth now? For that you need to discount the future value of money to its present value by the expected rate of return on present investments.
Last week I had told how you could know the future value of your present money by compounding it with the expected rate of return.
Discounting is just the opposite of compounding. Financial experts use different mathematical formulas for doing compounding or discounting.
However, if you are not familiar with formulas then doing some reverse thinking may help. You can rephrase your question like this: If Rs1 lakh is worth Rs17.45 lakh after 30 years at a 10% rate of return compounded annually, then how much more should you invest now so that it is worth Rs1 crore at the same rate of return?
You can use financial formulas for doing calculations but if you are allergic towards any kind of formula then a little bit of trial and error on your calculator will tell you that the present value of Rs5.70 lakh would be close to Rs1 crore after 30 years at the same rate of return.
When the rich man dies, his possessions are removed, which in his folly he thought himself master. His treasures will be divided up and auctioned off to the highest bidder, like a common street commodity. What took a small fortune and lifetime to accumulate, in a short afternoon, the auctioneer will disperse
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B. This is called compounding, the more time you give your investment to grow, the bigger it will get.
Present theoretical arguments for the choice of net present value as the best method of investment appraisal;
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This is the rate of return (the discount rate) at which the net present value of the investment is zero, or that is the discount rate at which the discounted income from the project is equal to the investment costs
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