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- LIMITS OF LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
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- The author has used his best efforts in preparing these programs.
- These efforts include the development, research, and testing of
- the theories and programs to determine their effectiveness. The
- author makes no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, with
- regards to these programs. The author shall not be liable in any
- event for incidental or consequential damages in connection with,
- or arising out of, the furnishing, performance, or use of these
- programs.
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- Managing Money With Your IBM PC
- by
- A. Glazer
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- This disk contains all the BASIC programs contained in my
- book Managing Money With Your IBM PC (Prentice-Hall, 1985).
- Among other things, the programs can determine the after-tax cost
- of a loan, demonstrate the advantages of an Individual Retirement
- Account, compare loans which have different interest rates and
- different origination fees, and calculate the amount of monthly
- savings necessary to finance a college education.
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- You can be confident that the algorithms used are correct:
- the author holds a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University and is
- a professor of economics at the University of California; the New
- York Times recommended the book in its September 29, 1985 issue.
- You can get complete documentation for the programs by borrowing
- or buying the book; it explains all the programs, contains
- chapters on programming and business mathematics, provides 52
- extensions to the programs, and discusses 106 worked out
- examples. I think you can learn quite a bit about personal
- finance and programming by reading the book. Maybe you'll even
- learn how to save thousands of dollars. Many bookstores carry
- the book, and all should be able to order it.
-
- A few notes on using the programs. When the program asks for
- a month, enter the number of that month (for example, 12 for
- December). Enter years with four digits, for example 1986. Do
- not use the percentage sign when entering an interest rate. For
- example, enter 11.5 for an annual interest rate of 11.5 per cent.
- Don't put commas inside any numbers, and don't put a dollar sign
- in front of any number you enter. For example, enter 10000 for
- ten thousand dollars.
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- Some of the programs (such as POINTS) use the bisection
- method to solve equations. The computer will take a few seconds
- to calculate the result, so please be patient.
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- To use the programs, enter the BASICA interpreter. Then load
- the program you want. For example, to use the amortization
- program, enter LOAD "AMORTIZE, press the Enter key, enter RUN,
- and press the Enter key again.
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- The names of the programs (without the .BAS suffix), and
- brief descriptions of them, are given below.
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- *** Calendar programs ***
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- DAYOFWEE Day of week on which a specified date falls
- DAILYODO Date that is a specified number of days away from starting date
- MONTHLYO Date that is a specified number of months away from starting date
- DATEDIST Number of years, months, and days between two dates
- NUMDAYS Number of days between two dates
- DATESINM Dates in a month on which a specified day of the week falls
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- *** Loans ***
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- AMORTIZE Amortization schedule for a mortgage. Also determines monthly
- payment on a loan
- BALREM Balance remaining on a mortgage
- LOANQUAL Size of loan you can get at specified interest rate and
- monthly payment
- LOANTERM How many payments you must make on a loan
- INTRATE Interest rate on a loan
- POINTS Effective interest rate on a loan that charges points or
- origination fees. Useful when deciding whether to refinance
- LOANCOST After-tax cost of a loan
- RULEOF78 Amortization schedule for consumer and automobile loans
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- *** Savings Accounts ***
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- TERMDEPO Balance in a savings plan any number of years after an
- initial deposit
- MNTHINCM Monthly income you can obtain from a specified amount of money
- PERBALAN Balance in savings account after any number of deposits
- SAVHISTO Annual balance in a savings program with deposits that grow
- each year
- DEPGROWS Balance in a savings program with deposits that grow
- each week, month, or year
- PERDEPOS How much you must deposit each month or year to reach a
- savings goal
- PERTERM How many monthly or annual deposits you must make to reach
- a savings goal
- PERRATE The interest rate you must earn on your savings to reach
- a specified savings goal
- IRA The benefits of saving in an Individual Retirement Account
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- *** Investments ***
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- SIMPINV Analysis of an investment that produces no annual income
- INVHISTO Annual description of an investment: value, rate of return,
- capital gains, and income
- PAYBACK How long it takes to recover an investment
- INVVALUE Present value of an investment
- INVINCOM Annual or monthly income that yields a specified rate of return
- INVYIELD Annual rate of return on an investment
- INVPRICE Sales price of an asset that yields a specified rate of return
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- *** Charge Accounts ***
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- CREDITCA The gains from using a credit card instead of paying in cash
- CREDITPU Minimum payment schedule for a credit purchase
- CHARGEHI Monthly status of a revolving charge account
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- If you find these programs useful, please submit a payment
- of $10.00 together with your name and address to
-
- Amihai Glazer
- 1411 21st Street
- Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
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- The contents of this disk are copyrighted (1985) by A.
- Glazer. You are, however, allowed to make backup copies of
- the disk, and you are permitted and encouraged to copy the
- distribution diskette and pass it on to friends and
- associates, provided that you distribute the complete
- contents of the diskette (including the documentation and
- this notice).
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