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Week 1 Part 2 CH 4+ 5 - 1
Week 1 Part 2 CH 4+ 5 - 1
Outline :
4.1 The Timeline of Cash Flow
4.2 The Three Rules of Time Travel
4.3 Valuing a Stream of Cash Flows
4.4 Calculating the Net Present Value
4.5 Perpetuities
5.0 Interest rates
Review: The Three Rules of Time Travel
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Calculating the Net Present Value
Calculate PV
4.5 Perpetuities
Perpetuities
• When a constant cash flow will occur at
regular intervals forever, it is called a
perpetuity.
4.5 Perpetuities
Growing Perpetuity
• Assume you expect the amount of your
annual perpetual payment to increase at
a constant rate, g.
Outline
1. Interest rates
2. Yield curve
3. Credit risk
Interest Rates
Arbitrage
• Law: Similar goods should sell
at similar prices in different
markets, adjusted for
transaction and/or
transportation costs.
• “Arbitrage” is simultaneously (i)
buying and (ii) selling the same
product in different markets.
Why?
• To take advantage of a price
difference.
Hedge Fund and Law of One price