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8.6 Interest-on-Interest

Here is a more detailed way to view the foregoing. Can you explain the algorithm? Here we use a coupon payment of $40 rather than just the $4 payment as above.

Period Coupon Cash Flow (C) Interest-on-Interest (I) Total Cash Flow (C + I)
1 40 40.00
2 40 40 (.03) = 1.20 = 41.20
3 40 40 (.03) + 1.20 (1.03) = 1.20 + 1.24 = 42.44
4 40 40 (.03) + 2.44 (1.03) = 1.20 + 2.51 = 43.71
5 40 40 (.03) + 3.71 (1.03) = 1.20 + 3.82 = 45.02
6 40 40 (.03) + 5.02 (1.03) = 1.20 + 5.17 = 46.37
7 40 40 (.03) + 6.37 (1.03) = 1.20 + 6.56 = 47.76
8 40 40 (.03) + 7.76 (1.03) = 1.20 + 7.99 = 49.19
9 40 40 (.03) + 9.19 (1.03) = 1.20 + 9.47 = 50.67
10 40 40 (.03) + 10.67 (1.03) = 1.20 + 10.99 = 52.19
11 40 40 (.03) + 12.19 (1.03) = 1.20 + 12.55 = 53.75
12 40 40 (.03) + 13.75 (1.03) = 1.20 + 14.16 = 55.36
13 40 40 (.03) + 15.36 (1.03) = 1.20 + 15.82 = 57.02
14 40 40 (.03) + 17.02 (1.03) = 1.20 + 17.54 = 58.74
Total 560 123.42 683.42

 

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