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Expected future return The return that is expected to be earned on an asset in the future. Also called the expected return. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| ] in a continuous time environment involves finding where the slope of the value function (the function describing expected future returns as a function of current cash) is equal to one (see Harrison 1985). Since firms go bankrupt typically due to inability to pay debt, the major factor in determining whether a firm will go bankrupt is the availability of cash, while expected future returns should not have a significant effect on the probability of bankruptcy. Companies that have defined benefit plans--that is, a plan that provides a specified benefit to a participant upon retirement--require the use of estimates, most notably in the areas of expected future returns on plan assets and expected inflation rates. |
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