ANNUITY COMPUTATION BY DR. PETER SHENKIN AN ANNUITY IS ANY SET OF EQUAL PAYMENTS MADE AT EQUAL INTERVALS OF TIME. WITH AN ORDINARY ANNUITY PAYMENTS ARE MADE AT THE ENDS OF THE PERIODS DE- FINED BY THESE TIME INTERVALS. FOR AN ANNUITY DUE THE PAYMENTS ARE MADE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PER- IODS IN QUESTION. THE PRESENT VALUE OF AN ANNUITY IS THE AMOUNT OF CASH ONE WOULD ACCEPT NOW INSTEAD OF THE SEQUENCE OF FUTURE PAYMENTS. BECAUSE MONEY HAS TIME VALUE (INTEREST IS CHARGED) THE PRESENT VALUE DOES NOT EQUAL THE SUM OF THE PAYMENTS. tHE FUTURE VALUE OF AN ANNUITY IS THE AMOUNT OF CASH WHICH WOULD ACCUMULATE BY THE END OF THE ANNUITY IF THE INDIVIDUAL PAYMENTS ARE INVESTED AT THE PREVAILING INTEREST RATE. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE? MANY ANNUITIES ALSO INVOLVE A LAST BALLOON PAY- MENT.IN THE ANNUITY PROBLEMS WE EXAMINE,THE VARIABLES OF INTEREST ARE NUMBER OF PAYMENTS,INTEREST RATE PER PERIOD,PAYMENT PER PERIOD,PRESENT OR FUTURE VALUE,AND BALLOON PAYMENT (AT END OF TERM) IF DESIRED.GIVEN ANY FOUR VALUES OF THE ABOVE VARIABLES THIS PROGRAM WILL FIND THE FIFTH VARIABLE WHEN CONSIDERING THE PRESENT VALUE SITUATION. IN THE FUTURE VALUE CASE NO BALLOON PAYMENTS ARE CONSIDERED AS IN THIS CASE A BALLOON PAYMENT OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT WOULD ADD THAT AMOUNT TO FUTURE VALUE.NOTE THAT INTEREST RATES ARE WRITTEN AS PER CENTS, NOT AS DECIMALS(E.G. 6%, NOT .06). IN ADDITION NOTE THAT INTEREST RATE IS PER PERIOD,I.E. PER MONTH,PER YEAR,ETC. PRESS ENTER TO BEGIN? SELECT TYPE OF PROBLEM DESIRED. 0.QUIT 1.ORDINARY ANNUITY-FUTURE VALUE(SINKING FUND) 2.ANNUITY DUE-FUTURE VALUE 3.ORDINARY ANNUITY-PRESENT VALUE 4.ANNUITY DUE-PRESENT VALUE MAKE YOUR CHOICE? 1 IS INTEREST RATE QUOTED PER PERIOD(P) OR ANNUALLY(A)? A NUMBER OF PAYMENTS PER YEAR? 12 ENTER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING.FOR THE UNKNOWN VALUE ENTER 9999. FUTURE VALUE ? 2345.67 PAYMENT ? 89.01 NUMBER OF PAYMENTS ? 12 ANNUAL INTEREST RATE ? 3.75 FUTURE VALUE = 2345.67 NUMBER OF PAYMENTS = 12 CONSISTING OF 12 PAYMENTS ANNUALLY. ANNUAL INTEREST RATE = 3.75 PAYMENT = 89.01 PRESS ENTER FOR MORE? SELECT TYPE OF PROBLEM DESIRED. 0.QUIT 1.ORDINARY ANNUITY-FUTURE VALUE(SINKING FUND) 2.ANNUITY DUE-FUTURE VALUE 3.ORDINARY ANNUITY-PRESENT VALUE 4.ANNUITY DUE-PRESENT VALUE MAKE YOUR CHOICE? 2 IS INTEREST RATE QUOTED PER PERIOD(P) OR ANNUALLY(A)? P ENTER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING.FOR THE UNKNOWN VALUE ENTER 9999. FUTURE VALUE ? 1234.56 PAYMENT ? 89.01 NUMBER OF PAYMENTS ? 36 INTEREST RATE PER PERIOD(%)? 0.175 FUTURE VALUE = 1234.56 NUMBER OF PAYMENTS = 36 INT. RATE PER PERIOD= .175 PAYMENT = 89.01 PRESS ENTER FOR MORE? SELECT TYPE OF PROBLEM DESIRED. 0.QUIT 1.ORDINARY ANNUITY-FUTURE VALUE(SINKING FUND) 2.ANNUITY DUE-FUTURE VALUE 3.ORDINARY ANNUITY-PRESENT VALUE 4.ANNUITY DUE-PRESENT VALUE MAKE YOUR CHOICE? 3 IS INTEREST RATE QUOTED PER PERIOD(P) OR ANNUALLY(A)? A NUMBER OF PAYMENTS PER YEAR? 24 ENTER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING.FOR THE UNKNOWN VALUE ENTER 9999. PRESENT VALUE ? 1234.56 PAYMENT ? 89.01 NUMBER OF PAYMENTS ? 52 ANNUAL INTEREST RATE ? 3.25 BALLOON PAYMENT ? 9999 PRESENT VALUE = 1234.56 NUMBER OF PAYMENTS = 52 CONSISTING OF 24 PAYMENTS ANNUALLY. ANNUAL INTEREST RATE = 3.25 PAYMENT = 89.01 BALLOON PAYMENT =-3467.45 PRESS ENTER FOR MORE? SELECT TYPE OF PROBLEM DESIRED. 0.QUIT 1.ORDINARY ANNUITY-FUTURE VALUE(SINKING FUND) 2.ANNUITY DUE-FUTURE VALUE 3.ORDINARY ANNUITY-PRESENT VALUE 4.ANNUITY DUE-PRESENT VALUE MAKE YOUR CHOICE? 4 IS INTEREST RATE QUOTED PER PERIOD(P) OR ANNUALLY(A)? P ENTER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING.FOR THE UNKNOWN VALUE ENTER 9999. PRESENT VALUE ? 1234.56 PAYMENT ? 9999 NUMBER OF PAYMENTS ? 36 INTEREST RATE PER PERIOD(%)? 5 BALLOON PAYMENT ? 55.55 PRESENT VALUE = 1234.56 NUMBER OF PAYMENTS = 36 INT. RATE PER PERIOD= 5 PAYMENT = 70.5051 BALLOON PAYMENT = 55.55 PRESS ENTER FOR MORE? SELECT TYPE OF PROBLEM DESIRED. 0.QUIT 1.ORDINARY ANNUITY-FUTURE VALUE(SINKING FUND) 2.ANNUITY DUE-FUTURE VALUE 3.ORDINARY ANNUITY-PRESENT VALUE 4.ANNUITY DUE-PRESENT VALUE MAKE YOUR CHOICE? 0