landman@hanami.Sun.COM (Howard A. Landman x61391) (02/07/90)
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