Chapter 10. Functions for Personal Financial Decisions: The PV, FV, PMT, PPMT, and IPMT Functions

  • Should I pay $11,000 today for a copier or $3,000 a year for 5 years?

  • If I invest $2,000 a year for 40 years toward my retirement and earn 8 percent a year on my investments, how much will I have when I retire?

  • I am borrowing $10,000 on a 10-month loan with an annual interest rate of 8 percent. What will my monthly payments be? How much principal and interest am I paying each month?

When we borrow money to buy a car or a house, we always wonder whether we’re getting a good deal. When we save for retirement, we’re curious how large a nest egg we’ll have when we retire. In our daily work and personal life, financial questions similar to these questions ...

Get Microsoft® Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.