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Fees
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Fee Impact on Rate Calculation
The inclusion or exclusion of fees fundamentally alters the perceived return or cost of a financial product (/financial-product/). This distinction is central to understanding the difference between a Nominal Rate ($r{nom}$)/) (/nominal-rate-(r_nom)/) and the more representative Effective Rate (/effective-rate/).
The Nominal Rate versus Effective Rate -
Fees
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The Nominal Rate versus Effective Rate
The Nominal Rate ($r{nom}$)/) (/nominal-rate-(r_nom)/) is the base interest rate (/interest-rate/) stipulated contractually, without factoring in compounding frequency (/compounding-frequency/) or embedded charges [5]. Conversely, the Effective Rate (/effective-rate/) incorporates the total cost structure.
The relationship can be approximated for periodic fees ($F_{period}$) relative to the principal (/pr…