Financial Models
Compound interest {TI-84 Plus CE}

Financial Models

Investments

• Simple interest formula
• Compound interest formula
• Compound interest {TI-84 Plus CE}
• Future value annuities
• Effective rates of interest
• Taxation
• Inflation
• Superannuation​​

Loans

• Reducing balance loans
• Home loans (calculations with variable rates)
• Interest only loans and sinking funds
• Comparison interest rates

Strategies to minimise interest

• Making larger repayments
• Making more frequent repayments
• Reducing the term of the loan
• Changing interest rates
• Making lump-sum payments
• ​Using an offset account​​

Compound interest is the method of calculating interest in which the interest is added to the principal each period. This means that the interest generated in one period will itself earn interest in the next period.