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Continuous Compounding

Represents growth using the exponential function rather than discrete compounding periods.

Market use

Common in quantitative finance and some curve work.

What it means

Represents growth using the exponential function rather than discrete compounding periods.

Example

Future value is PV × exp(r×t) under continuous compounding.

How to interpret it

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