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From: landman@hanami.Sun.COM (Howard A. Landman x61391)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Looking for a Financial Planning Program
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Date: 6 Feb 90 20:28:53 GMT
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In article <1990Jan29.140512.17217@arnor.uucp> SUHLER@IBM.COM writes:
>I'm looking for a program that will forecast income, etc. for several
>years in the future.  Example:  How much will I have accrued from an
>investment if it yields 9% this year, 9.5% for the next two years, 8.5%
>for the fourth year, etc.  Unless I missed a feature, programs like
>Managing Your Money only allow a constant rate of interest/income.

Well, sure, but you can do the above in three steps or so even on a pocket
calculator, like the calculator DA:

	1.095 * = * 1.09 * 1.08.5 =

If you need more accuracy (e.g. "compounded daily"), you can still use MYM
or a similar program in a few steps.

	Howard A. Landman
	landman@eng.sun.com -or- sun!landman