Initial investment can never be recovered.
Let the present value of a regular perpetuity be = pv
Annual cash flow = cf = $1,000
Interest rate = r = 10
If the initial payment begins in one year, then the present value of the regular perpetuity will be -
PV = CF/r
PV = 1,000/0.1
PV = 10,000
Therefore,
The flow of infinite payments beginning next year is equivalent to $10,000.
However, if the payment begin in third year, the first two payments will be missing and the present value of deferred payments can never be equal to $10,000.
Thus, initial investment can never be recovered.
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