Answer:
The endowment fund is not satisfied with the advisor's performance
Explanation:
Judging from a nominal interest rate perspective where return expected of an investment comprises of real rate of return and an extra return which is a compensation for inflation rate in the economy,the endowment fund is not satisfied with performance of the advisor.
The satisfactory rate of return that would be expected of the advisor is computed below:
nominal interest rate=real rate+inflation rate
real rate is 8.2%
inflation rate is 2.9%
nominal interest rate=8.2%+2.9%
=11.10%
Answer:
a. 7,000 years
b. 2,333 years
c. 875 years
Explanation:
Based on rule of 70, we can have the following formula to do the calculation:
Number of years to double = 70 ÷ Interest rate per year .................... (1)
We can now calculate as follows:
a. A savings account earning 1% interest per year.
Number of years to double = 70 ÷ 1% = 7,000 years
b. A U.S. Treasury bond mutual fund earning 3% interest per year.
Number of years to double = 70 ÷ 3% = 2,333 years
c. A stock market mutual fund earning 8% interest per year.
Number of years to double = 70 ÷ 8% = 875 years
Note:
It can be observed that the higher the interest rate, the lower the number of years it will take the investment to double.
Answer:
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"Great Lakes Steel Supply is losing significant market share and thus its managers have decided to decrease the firm's annual dividend. The last annual dividend was $1.30 per share but all future dividends will be decreased by 2.75 percent annually. What is a share of this stock worth today at a required return of 15.5 percent? "
Explanation:
Use dividend discount model (DDM) to calculate the stock price
whereby,
P0 = Current price
D0 = Last dividend paid = 130
g = growth rate = -275% or -2.75 as a decimal
r = required return = 155% or 1.55 as a decimal
Next, plug in the numbers to the DDM formula above;
Therefore this stock is worth $6.93
Answer: a. Inflation
Explanation:
Inflation refers to the general rise in prices of items in an economy in a certain period of time. Inflation essentially erodes the value of the domestic currency of the economy in question.
Central Banks like the Fed can use Monetary policy to influence inflation. In this case they reduced the amount of money in the economy by reducing bank loans. This will ensure that people cannot spend too much which would increase demand and therefore increase prices.
By doing this, they have limited the likelihood of inflation.
Answer:
The correct answer is D. Real income effect.
Explanation:
Real income is defined as the monetary income of an individual, taking into account the effect of inflation. For example, if a person's nominal salary increases by 10% in one year, and inflation is 6% in that year, the actual income will have increased 4% in that year.
