Archive for July 24th, 2008
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Continuous Compounding
I feel there is something mathematically wrong with the way compound interest is defined today. We say “5% per annum, semi-annually compounded”. If I have money invested, mathematically speaking, it should get compounded all the time, not just in fixed intervals. I would like to define the term “absolute percentage” – the annual interest rate [...]
