Now I (sort of) understand why so many homeowners are in loan modification hell. This Dante's Housing Crisis Inferno has been fanned by the introduction of a simple calculation: the NPV. What's the ...

Daniel Myers oversees client portfolios, investment policy at Kreger Financial and is the owner of Deep Fork LLC, a real estate investment firm. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois ...

Suzanne is a content marketer, writer, and fact-checker. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance degree from Bridgewater State University and helps develop content strategies. Learn about our ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. We recently helped a client think through whether or not to invest in new technology to reduce the cost of doing business. Specifically, ...

When a company is making capital budgeting decisions -- whether it's something as small as buying a new copier vs. servicing an old one or as big as entering a new market -- it must weigh the expected ...

Credit: By discounting every future $3,000 cash flow back at a rate of 10%, and subtracting the initial cash outlay of $15,000, we arrive at a net present value of $3,433.70 for this project. Under ...

The time value of money sounds like one of those boring economic concepts that a small business owner doesn't have time for – but that would be wrong. Future value and present value are monetary ...