If you're thinking about leasing a car, you might hear the term residual value come up a few times. But what is residual value, and why is it so important? Simply put, the residual value or ...

Residual value is the estimated value of an asset at the end of its useful life. It's used to figure out things like the value of a car at the end of a lease or how much equipment is worth after it's ...

Questions arise over the benefit of including residual market value in a rate calculation and the analysis done to set the economic life of machines. My answer used to be: “It is not a big deal, leave ...