Barcain Credit Corp. wants to earn an effective annual return on its consumer loans of 16 percent
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Barcain Credit Corp. wants to earn an effective annual return on its consumer loans of 16 percent per year. The bank uses daily compounding on its loans. What interest rate is the bank required by law to report to potential borrowers? Explain why this rate is misleading to an uninformed borrower.
CompoundingCompounding is the process in which an asset's earnings, from either capital gains or interest, are reinvested to generate additional earnings over time. This growth, calculated using exponential functions, occurs because the investment will...
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Fundamentals of corporate finance
ISBN: 978-0073382395
9th edition
Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford Jordan
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