- Budgeting
- Cash Management
- Consumer and Mortgage Loans
- Debt and Debt Reduction
- Time Value of Money 1: Present and Future Value
- Time Value of Money 2: Inflation, Real Returns, Annuities, and Amortized Loans
- Insurance 1: Basics
- Insurance 2: Life Insurance
- Insurance 3: Health, Long-term Care, and Disability Insurance
- Insurance 4: Auto, Homeowners, and Liability Insurance
- The Home Decision
- The Auto Decision
- Family 1: Money and Marriage
- Family 2: Teaching Children Financial Responsibility
- Family 3: Financing Children’s Education and Missions
- Investments A: Key Lessons of Investing
- Investments B: Key Lessons of Investing
Introduction
This section continues the discussion on the time value of money that began in the previous section of this series. The purpose of this section is to provide you with more information on the time value of money and help you better understand the language of finance. In this section, you will learn about how inflation impacts your investments; you will also learn how to calculate real returns after inflation and annuities and payments on amortized loans.
Once you have completed this section, you should be able to do the following:
- Explain how inflation impacts your investments.
- Calculate real returns after inflation.
- Solve problems related to annuities.
- Solve problems related to amortized loans.
