What is the future value in six years of $1,500 invested in an account with an annual

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What is the future value in six years of $1,500 invested in an account with an annual percentage rate of 7.2 percent
a. Compounded annually?
b. Compounded semiannually?
c. Compounded monthly?
d. Compounded continuously?
e. Why does the future value increase as the compounding period shortens?

Compounding
Compounding is the process in which an asset's earnings, from either capital gains or interest, are reinvested to generate additional earnings over time. This growth, calculated using exponential functions, occurs because the investment will...
Future Value
Future value (FV) is the value of a current asset at a future date based on an assumed rate of growth. The future value (FV) is important to investors and financial planners as they use it to estimate how much an investment made today will be worth...
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Corporate Finance Core Principles and Applications

ISBN: 978-1259289903

5th edition

Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford Jordan

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