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Is a valuation method used to estimate the attractiveness of an investment opportunity. DCF analyses use future free cash flow projections and discounts them, using a required annual rate, to arrive at present value estimates. A present value estimate is then used to evaluate the potential for investment. If the value arrived at through DCF analysis is higher than the current cost of the investment, the opportunity may be a good one.

A rate of return is the gain or loss on an investment over a specified time period, expressed as a percentage of the investment’s cost. Gains on investments are defined as income received plus any capital gains realized on the sale of the investment.

The maturity date is the date on which the principal amount of a note, draft, acceptance bond or another debt instrument becomes due and is repaid to the investor and interest payments stop. It is also the termination or due date on which an installment loan must be paid in full.

A bond is a form of a fixed income investment where an investor loans money to government or corporations that in their turn borrow the funds for a certain period of time at a variable or fixed interest rate. Bonds are used by both big and medium-sized companies, municipalities, and even sovereign governments to help raise money and finance different projects. Owners of bonds are called debtholders or creditors.