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by Scarblac 4000 days ago
> a steady income of 1$/year forever is not worth infinite money. Instead it's worth ~20$ and you capture 1/2 of that in the first 14 years.

You'd capture 14$ in the first 14 years...

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In this model, the dollar you capture 14 years from now is woth .95^14 dollars. For simplicity let's assume your stock is going to creat 1$ 1 year from now. How much is that worth today?

Well if you sold a bond today for 95cents with the agreement to give a dollar in 1 year then next years dollar is worth 95 cents. Well what if you sold 2 bonds this year and one next year, you effectivly move up the future cash flow for the next two years at a discount that keeps getting larger the further back in time you pull the money.

Ah, I missed something. Thanks for the explanation!