Most analysts use Excel to calculate NPV. You can input the present value formula, apply it to each year's cash flows, and then add together each year's discounted cash flows, minus expenditures ...

This Technology Workshop illustrates how to leverage a number of functions to perform calculations in Excel involving the time value of money.

Sum all present values to find the total value of projected cash flows, which in this example is $326.

When planning for retirement, you need to account for the value of any annuities that you own. Trouble is, there’s not just one value of an annuity—there are two: present value and future ...

Microsoft Excel has dozens of preset formulas for many types of mathematical calculations, but compounding interest isn't one of them. To calculate the future value of a single amount compounded ...

Here's how to calculate the present value of a perpetual annuity that promises to pay flat or growing annual payments with helpful examples.