FIN311 -- CH 5

Because individuals are always confronted with opportunities to earn positive rates of return on their funds, the timing of cash flows does not have any significant economics consequences.

F

For a given positive interest rate, the future value of $100 increases with the passage of time. Thus, the longer the period of time, the greater the future value.

T

Everything else being equal, the higher the interest rate the higher the future value.

T

Everything else being equal, the higher discount rate the higher the the present value.

F

When the amount earned on a deposit has become part of the principal at the end of a specified time period when the concept is called ?

compound interest

The future value of a dollar _______ as interest rate increases and _____ the farther in the future an initial deposit is to be received.

increases ; increases

Annuity due is an amount that occurs at the beginning of each period.

T

The future value of an annuity due is always greater than the future value of an otherwise identical ordinary annuity for interest rates greater than zero.

T

________ is an annuity with an infinite life making continual annual payments?

A perpetuity

The nominal (stated) annual rate is the rate of interest actually paid or earned.

F

The effective annual rate increases with increasing compounding frequency.

T

The effective rate of interest is the contractual rate of interest charged by a lender or promised by a borrower.

F

For any interest rate and for any period of time, the more frequently interest is compounded, the greater the amount of money that has to be invested today in order to accumulate a given future amount.

F

The rate of interest agreed upon contractually charged by a lender or promised by a borrower in the _______ interest rate.

nominal

In general, with an amortized loan, the payment amount remains constant over the life of the loan, the principal portion of each payment grows over the life of the loan and the interest portion of each payment declines over the life of the loan.

T

In general, with an amortized loan, the payment amount remains constant over the life of the loan, the principal portion of each payment declines over the life of the loan, and the interest portion declines over the life of the loan.

F

When computing an interest or growth rate, the rate will increase the larger the future value, holding present value and the number of periods constant.

T

When computing an interest or growth rate, the rate will increase the smaller the future value, holding present value and the number of periods constant.

F

When computing the number of deposits needed to accumulate to a future sum, it will take longer the higher the interest rate, holding the future value and deposit size constant.

F