Introduction to Time Value of Money (TVM)

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Taught by
Gautam Kaul

and 7 more instructors

Offered by
University of Michigan

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r/gme_meltdown • comment
2 points • WaterstarRunner

Gautam Kaul I thought was engaging for the early pieces of financial math

His earlier coursera material had quite a wide lens, and his tangents were pretty ADHD-friendly.

The newer courses have some that are paywalled, and they are far more modular. But this might be an ok place to start if it is free. It's a long way from market mechanics and trading, but time value of money is the basic piece of math that everything in finance is based upon. Everything subsequent is either TVM, probability or overlaying the two together.

https://www.coursera.org/learn/time-value-of-money

Kaul used to be quite watchable, so I dunno, even if you don't do the coursework, the classes might be nice to watch.

Thing that might make TVM classes easier to grasp - r includes inflation and risk (unless specified otherwise). Hence r inherently differs by time, place and industry.

r/realestateinvesting • comment
1 points • viper233

Really good questions to ask!!!!

FPV Future Present Value PV Present Value NPV Net Present Value TVM Time Value of Money

You can look up TVM and discover how $100 is not equal to $100 in the future. I'm not the best at explaining it, I attempted the free version of this course about 3 times but never got around to finishing it. 14hrs of materials which equates to around possibly 28hrs of work (42hrs hours for me because I'm a slower learner and don't want to feel rushed, be engaged and join discussions with other students).

I don't advocate using coursera, it's just what worked for me. I was then able to follow other financial blog posts etc. after attempting this course for free. Compounding!!

$400/28 = $14/hr is what it's costing you over 4 weeks, cramming could be done but brains store stuff better when spread over time, spaced repetition. Absorb it, it's not like you are going to only need to know finance for a month and then never use it again in your entire life (as an investor).

One thing that upset me listening to a BP podcast was when they said IRR (Internal Rate of Return), NPV etc. and all those financial terms weren't worth learning about. That's why I think so many people have such a bad opinion of BP, once you get past the occasional hint on real estate investing, it's all just feel good-ary stuff about having the right mindset to take action (blah blah blah). Hearing that over and over again with out a strong focus on details like finance gets tiring quickly. BP is pretty much all hype with a thin layer of knowledge, which is terribly misleading for people getting started.