Calculators versus computers; calculator models covered in this book; Hewlett-Packard HP-10B; Sharp Electronics EL-733A; Texas Instruments BA II Plus; notation; housekeeping functions; memory registers; display formats; sign changes; annuities and annuities due compounding frequency; trouble-shooting; the time value of money; how to solve financial problems; cash flow diagrams; identifying variables and writing equations; present value/future value tables; future value of a present sum; present value of a future sum; future value of an ordinary annuity; annuities due; present value of an ordinary annuity; solving for an unknown interest rate; solving for an unknown number of periods; multi-period compounding; nominal and effective rates; annual percentage rate (APR); continuous compounding; multi-period compounding with HP-10B and BA II Plus; perpetuities; the principle of additivity; valuation of financial instruments; the discounted cash flow model; pure discount securities; simple bond pricing; bond yields; semi-annual compounding; semiannual compounding on the HP-10B and BA II Plus; preferred stock; common stock; mortgage instruments; loan amortization; balloon payments; prepaid points; using the cash flow registers; net present value; internal rate of return; multiple IRRs; profitability index; equivalent annual annuity; present value of an uneven series of future cash flows; valuing a cash flow series at Time t=0; statistics; papulation versus sample statistics; correcting errors; weighted averages; linear regression; additional problems; answers. Appendices: summary of cash flow diagrams; notation conversion table for leading finance text; present value/future value of tables.
