Precision Financial Calculator

Version 6.1    August, 2002

Contents

About: The document you are reading here contains only portion of the user's manual. We constantly update and enrich this document. You can find the latest version from our web site or from the latest version of our software installation.

User's Manual: All the financial formulas used in the Precision Financial Calculator are derived and explained in details in the user's manual. The book will also give you an in-depth understanding of common financial calculations and is worth to keep. To order our products, please go to our web site at http://www.DataDynamica.com or click the hyperlink from the Help menu in the program.

Examples: More useful examples will be added in the future releases.

Using Precision

Investment Analysis
Exact Date Cash Flows (XIRR)
Project Economic Evaluation Worksheet
Multiple Worksheets Cash Flows Import
How Do I ....

      Copy data to Excel, Word
      Copy data from Excel
      Copy charts and graphs

Examples

Example 1-1   Calculate NPV, IRR, FV from Cash Flows
Example 1-2    Investment Comparisons
Example 1-3    How IRR and MIRR apply to you
Example 1-4    Timing makes a difference on NPV
Example 1-5    Why you got a different NPV using Excel
Example 1-6    Calculate Rate of Return from accounting records
Example 1-7    Simple Future Value calculation
Example 1-8    A complicated project economic evaluation
Example 2-1    Depreciation Calculation
Example 3-1    Mortgage payment and refinance
Example 3-2    Additional Principal Payments
Example 3-3    A Thousand-Year Loan
Example 3-4    Effective APR
Example 4-1    Inflation Calculation
Example 5-1    Annuity Calculation - 401(K) Savings 
Example 5-2    Annuity Calculation - Distributions 
Example V-1    Verify IRR  
Example V-2    Verify Reinvestment Interest Rate  
Example V-3    Verify different period duration 
Example V-4    Investment and Loan: Two sides of a coin

Glossary

Depreciation: ADS Conventions GDS MACRS Methods
           
Investment: APR BCR FV IRR MIRR
  NPV Payback PVR PWC PWR
  XIRR Discount