2.Calculators vs. Computers

3.Calculators Covered in this Book

4.Hewlett-Packard HP-10B

4.Sharp Electronics EL-733A

4.Texas Instruments BA II Plus

4.Notation

5.Housekeeping Functions

5.Memory Registers

7.Display Formats

7.Sign Changes

7.Annuities and Annuities Due

8.Compounding Frequency

9.Troubleshooting

II.The Time Value of Money

11.How To Solve Financial Problems

12.Cash Flow diagrams

12.Identifying Variables and Writing Equations

15.Future Value of a Present Sum

17.Present Value of a Future Sum

18.Future Value of an Ordinary Annuity

20.Annuities Due

21.Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity

23.Solving for an Unknown Interest Rate

24.Solving for an Unknown Number of Periods

25.Multiperiod Compounding

25.Nominal and Effective Rates

26.Annual Percentage Rate (APR)

27.Continuous Compounding

28.Multiperiod Compounding with the HP-10B and BA II Plus

29.Perpetuities

29.The Principle of Additivity

III.Valuation of Financial Instruments

33.The Discounted Cash Flow Model

33.Pure Discount Securities

34.Simple Bond Pricing

37.Bond Yields

39.Semiannual Compoounding

41.Semiannual compounding on the HP-10B and BA II Plus

41.Preferred Stock

42.Common Stock

42.Mortgage Instruments

43.Loan Amortization

49.Balloon Payments

50.Prepaid Points

IV.Using the Cash Flow Registers

52.New Present Value

54.Internal Rate of Return

56.Multiple IRRs

57.Profitability Index

59.Equivalent Annual Annuity

61.Present Value of an Uneven Series of Future Cash Flows

63.Valuing a Cash Flow Series at Time t=0

V.Statistics

65.Population vs. Sample Statistics

69.Correcting Errors

69.Weighted Averages

73.Linear Regression

VI.Additional Problems

91.Answers

Bibliography

Appendix A. Summary of Cash Flow Diagrams

Appendix B. Notation Conversion Table for Leading Finance Text

Appendix C. Present Value/Future Value of Tables