Growth and rate of return
Growth and Rate of Return are two concepts that are ubiquitous throughout the financial world. Recall that the cumulative returns from investing $100 in an asset that grows at 5% per year, over a 2 year period can be calculated as:
$$100*(1 + 0.05)^2$$
This exercise is part of the course
Introduction to Financial Concepts in Python
Exercise instructions
- Calculate the future value (cumulative return) of a $100 investment which grows at a rate of 6% per year for 30 years in a row and assign it to
future_value.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Calculate the future value of the investment and print it out
future_value = ____
print("Future Value of Investment: " + str(round(future_value, 2)))