The bank discount rate is a calculation of the interest investors earn on short-term instruments such as Treasury bills.
Money market yield measures the annualized return on short-term, low-risk investments like Treasury bills and commercial paper. It helps investors compare the earnings potential of different money ...
IN LITIGATION INVOLVING FUTURE ECONOMIC damages, experts’ calculations must discount the amounts to present value. The courts have offered little guidance on appropriate discount rates. BUSINESS ...
Discount rates matter centrally for nearly all investments, and have been a focus for me. My ongoing work on Safehold (SAFE) has directed my attention their way even more strongly. Setting those rates ...
Warren Buffett values stocks based on the present value of free cash flows, like all sensible value investors. However, his attitude towards discount rates is very ...
Great question! The correct answer depends on the time period. Since January 2003, when the Federal Reserve System implemented a “penalty” discount rate policy, the discount rate has been about 1 ...
You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. I can’t think of a metric that is more misunderstood and misused among college presidents, trustees ...