Future value
Future value (also known by its acronym, FV, as well as FVN) is the future value of an initial single cash flow, where N is the number of periods the initial cash flow is compounded.
Definitions
According to Financial Management Theory and Practice by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt (13th edition),
- Future value (FV, FVN). The future value of an initial single cash flow, where N is the number of periods the initial cash flow is compounded.
According to Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston (15th edition),
- Future value. The amount to which a cash flow or series of cash flows will grow over a given period of time when compounded at a given interest rate.
Related concepts
- Financial management. A combination of enterprise efforts undertaken in order to procure and utilize monetary resources of the enterprise.