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Hi guys,
so glad to join this.
I am currently preparing for CFA level 1. The question I encountered is :
currently the RRSP account has a balance of 120000, and this person wanted to start to save $8000 at the end of each year to be able to have $1500000 in 30 years . What’s the interest rate ?
I understand in the calculator input as $8000 PMT , PV 120000, N 30 years, but FV is -1500000. The answer is r= 6.54%
i don’t understand why FV Input in the financial calculator should be negative.
Could someone help explain ?
Thanks
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My understanding is that it should be:
PV = $120,000 (money PUT IN account)
PMT = $8,000 (money GOING IN account)
N = 30 (number of years)
FV = -$1,500,000 (money COMING OUT of account at the end, or a final ‘payment’)Alternatively, you could view it this way:
PV = -$120,000 (money LEAVING PERSON to go into RRSP)
PMT = -$8,000 (money LEAVING PERSON to go into RRSP)
N = 30 (number of years)
FV = $1,500,000 (money RETURNING TO PERSON from RRSP)
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