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- August 22, 2023 at 12:05 pm #690451
Hello sir,
In the year 0 of the project, they converted the ARD using the exchange rate in 1 Years time (which makes sense as the project is to be started in a years time)
But when discounting the cash flows, we discount the cash flow in year 0 with 1 (as the question stated “based on the end of year one (when the project commences) being time 0”Isn’t this an inconsistency that for year 0, we are using exchange rate in 1 years time but discounting it with time 1 (time 0)??
What I did was for year 0, use the exchange rate in 1 years time and discounted it with 1/1.12
Kindly solve the confusionAugust 23, 2023 at 7:42 am #690502The question says to use the end of the first year as time 0.
Given that the first flows occur at the end of the first year (i.e. time 0) they don’t need discounting.
August 23, 2023 at 10:31 am #690511Yeah I know..But isn’t this inconsistent as we are using the exchange rate after 1 year..But discounting it with time 0?
August 23, 2023 at 4:21 pm #690593No. Time 0 is in 1 years time and so we need the exchange rate in 1 years time. But it doesn’t then need discounting because time 0 is in 1 years time.
August 23, 2023 at 5:54 pm #690597Oh got it.. However it is quite difficult to interpret such things under time pressure…Would I lose a lot of marks for such mistakes??
August 24, 2023 at 7:47 am #690615No, you would not lose many marks (the question wording was very confusing).
August 25, 2023 at 4:45 pm #690697Thank you sir
August 26, 2023 at 7:43 am #690718You are welcome.
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