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标题: Ratio vs exponential discounting [打印本页]

作者: morebeans    时间: 2011-7-11 20:06     标题: Ratio vs exponential discounting

Does anybody have a good trick to memorize when we're supposed to use a ratio (i.e. i x 90/360) vs an exponent (1+i)^.25-1 for discounting rates? It appears to me that the calculation is used interchangeably. Although, the result is quite close when used with large dollar amounts, the answer might vary due to rounding. For example, let i=4%. Ratio = 1%, exponent = 0.9853%.
作者: bbtomato    时间: 2011-7-11 20:06

I don't have a good trick. I hard memorized it.
作者: stalkey    时间: 2011-7-11 20:06

you use ratio for LIBOR and EURIBOR only.
360 days in a year, dun forget this too, for ratios only.

for anything else you use exponents, and u have 365 days in a year.
作者: jacksparrow    时间: 2011-7-11 20:06

Thank you, Passme. This will help.




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