Comments on: Better By Comparison http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/02/10/better-by-comparison/ It sounds like porn, but it's all about baseball. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:38:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amanda http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/02/10/better-by-comparison/comment-page-1/#comment-16037 Amanda Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:07:21 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=3505#comment-16037 The latter. I'm not actually that good at NPV calculations, plus I was in a meeting I was supposed to be paying attention to at the time I did it, but my rough estimate had the present value of the future payments somewhere in the $4M range. The latter. I’m not actually that good at NPV calculations, plus I was in a meeting I was supposed to be paying attention to at the time I did it, but my rough estimate had the present value of the future payments somewhere in the $4M range.

]]> By: Zeldink http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/02/10/better-by-comparison/comment-page-1/#comment-16035 Zeldink Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:36:41 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=3505#comment-16035 Does that assume that the Mets invested the $5 million? Or is it just a cost-comparison of $5 million in 1999 dollars to the inflation-adjusted value of $1.2 million each of the future years? Does that assume that the Mets invested the $5 million? Or is it just a cost-comparison of $5 million in 1999 dollars to the inflation-adjusted value of $1.2 million each of the future years?

]]> By: Amanda http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/02/10/better-by-comparison/comment-page-1/#comment-16034 Amanda Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:29:24 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=3505#comment-16034 Calculating the net-present-value of the annuity and discounting it back to when the call was made, it's actually a money saving choice given a 10% discount rate. 10% seems kinda high, though. Phillips couldn't have known we'd have low, even negative, inflation lately, but still... Calculating the net-present-value of the annuity and discounting it back to when the call was made, it’s actually a money saving choice given a 10% discount rate.

10% seems kinda high, though. Phillips couldn’t have known we’d have low, even negative, inflation lately, but still…

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