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After an initial payment of $100, the investor pays $100 at the end of
periods 1
through
5, and $200 at the end of periods 6
through
8. The
investment returns $1,950 at the end of period 9.
Entering
Cash
Flows
The list pointer (.) shows you where the next number you enter is
placed.
When the list is empty, the pointer points to the initial flow.
To enter cash flows into the
CFLO
number list:
1. Make sure your cash flows are occurring at regular intervals and
at the
end
of each period (see figure 5-3). If one or more periods
are skipped,
set
their cash flows equal to O. If consecutive, equal
cash flows occur, you can group them to make entering the data
easier (see figure 5-4).
2. Key in the
value
of the
initial
cash flow (remember the
sign
con-
ventions-use
@J, if necessary, to change the
sign)
and press
I
INPUT
I.
3.
The pointer now points to FLOW(l). Key in the
value
for
FLOW(l) and press
I
INPUT
I.
4. The pointer now points to #TIMES-the number
of
consecutive
occurrences of
FLOW(l).
#TIMES
has been automatically set to
1,
and 1.00 is displayed
on
the calculator line as a typing aid. Do
a or
b:
a.
To
retain
the
value
1, press
I
INPUT
1
.*
b.
To change
#TIMES,
key in the number and press
I
INPUT
I.t
Figure 5-5. Entering #TIMES
I
FLOW(1)=5,000.00
.iT I MES= 1 ..... ------------;-
Temporary #TIMES
Q
1.00
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Typing aid
•
Pressing
CD
to move the list
pointer
to the next
cash
flow
also
retains the
value
1.
tThe
maximum
value
for
#TIMES
is
999.
5: Cash Flow Calculations
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