Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Dr. Melody Bell is a personal finance expert, entrepreneur, educator, and researcher. Melody ...

A perpetuity in finance is a stream of payments or cash flows that is presumed to extend indefinitely into the future. Learn the importance of perpetuities, with the help of examples of investments. A ...

Cassidy Horton is a finance writer with over five years of experience contributing to top finance brands like Forbes Advisor, NerdWallet and ConsumerAffairs. She’s also the founder of Money Hungry ...

Perpetuity, in general, means “eternity.” And in finance, that concept of an everlasting state applies. A perpetuity describes a constant stream of cash with no end. But what is a perpetuity in more ...

Have you been thinking about your retirement lately? If you haven’t, it’s about time you do. After all, you want to enjoy your golden years and not stress about money. But, you also don’t want to be a ...

Perpetuity is a financial principle that calculates the value of an investment which provides a steady income into infinity. Perpetuity can be thought of as a mirror image of an annuity since it has ...