By Brent Pritchard

Not long ago, I shared some exciting news about the launch of our YouTube channel, TVM Rules. If you’re a business student preparing for the start of the semester or know someone who is, adding Lesson 16 of our “FREE Time Value of Money Minicourse” to a to-do list might save some headaches come midterm.

Lesson 16 (of what will be 28 videos) in this Introductory Unit dives deeper into The Perfect Timeline, which I’ve written about on this blog. The Perfect Timeline includes 8 of the 9 building block Time Value of Money equations that deal with present or future value, jam-packed into a timeline that's as short as it can be. Visualization is important. It's also important to be able to support a number with math, which is where the building block Time Value of Money equations come in. The Perfect Timeline provides a twofer by helping learners figure out the timing of the present or future value of an annuity and the present value of a perpetuity.

Who in your circle of business major friends could benefit from The Perfect Timeline?

Brent Pritchard is an author and college finance lecturer with over two decades of industry experience and cofounder of Boxholm Press, LLC, a family-owned-and-operated publishing company providing educational content, products, and services. He pioneers an innovative and approachable new way of learning and teaching the Time Value of Money as well as thought leadership in other business topics. His most recent book is Would Your Boomerang Return? You can contact him on his website here.