Would Your Boomerang Return?
What Birds, Hurdlers, and Boomerangs Can Teach Us About the Time Value of Money
Would Your Boomerang Return? provides a fun, new take on how the Mathematics of Finance is learned and taught:
All-in-one resource: all the important information on this all-important topic in one place with chapters in the What and How sections that double as individual lessons
Ease of reference: includes the first-of-its-kind user manual for the Mathematics of Finance with chapters named after sections typically found in an actual user manual for quick look up
Simple and definitive tool: 3-Step Systematic Approach for analyzing and evaluating real-world Time Value of Money situations
Decision-making framework: 23 real-world Time Value of Money questions, space to work out answers, and a "baseball count" system to evaluate understanding of the different types of questions
An easy read: complete with sprinklings of real-life stories and maybe even an ounce of inspiration here and there
Read on to learn more about what’s inside the book!
Brent Pritchard, an author and college finance educator with over
two decades of industry experience, reveals…
How to apply the Mathematics of Finance to analyze and evaluate real-world Time Value of Money situations with just 3 simple steps…as incredible as that sounds!
My experience in the classroom has provided firsthand evidence that even the most dedicated students can stumble or struggle when applying the Mathematics of Finance, yet very little has been done as it relates to alternative ways of learning or teaching the Time Value of Money.
This original method for learning and teaching the Time Value of Money takes a bottom-up approach that can best be visualized with the main parts of a house:
Footings: original TVM Rules based on the mnemonic indifferent
Foundation: improved building block Time Value of Money equations
Frame: “Need to Knows”
Walls: “Good to Knows”
Roof: all the important information on this all-important topic in one place
Picture Windows: visual aid that is the TVM Wallet
Steps: simple and definitive 3-Step Systematic Approach
But don't just take our word for it…
See what one industry professional is saying about Would Your Boomerang Return? What Birds, Hurdlers, and Boomerangs Can Teach Us About the Time Value of Money…
Finance professionals who can’t measure twice or double-check their work might get cut once others are onto them. Now don’t you want to know the 3 simple steps?
ASPIRING AND CURRENT FINANCE PROFESSIONALS
Apply the Mathematics of Finance with confidence to analyze and evaluate real-world Time Value of Money situations—in the classroom, in practice, or while sitting for an industry designation examination.
COLLEGE FINANCE INSTRUCTORS OR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS
Assign the book as required or supplemental material to complement your Time Value of Money lesson or unit or as a standalone resource. Chapters in the What and How sections double as individual lessons.
FINANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYERS
Identify qualified candidates or train up newly onboarded team members.
“This book in the hand is worth more than $24.95…in the bush!”
“The best time to…learn about the Time Value of Money was twenty years ago. The second best time is now!”
