An agent sells his client 10 U.S. government bonds due to mature in 30 years. According to NASAA's Statement of Policy on Unethi
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Answer:
Nominal interest rate = 12.23%
Explanation:
Given - Aerotron Electronics has just bought a used delivery truck for
$15,000. The small business paid $1,000 down and financed the
rest, with the agreement to pay nothing for the entire first year and
then to pay $526.83 at the end of each month over years 2, 3, and
4 (first payment is in 13th month).
To find - a. What nominal interest rate is Aerotron paying on the loan.
Proof -
As given ,
Price - $15,000
Down Payment - $1,000
⇒Loan Payment = $15,000 - $1,000
As given,
He will not pay for the entire first year. After that he will pay $526.83 for next 3 years.
Now,
Interest rate for 1 month = r %
So,
Loan after 1 year = 14,000( 1 + r)¹²
And
Annuity factor =
and t = 3 years = 36 months
Now,
As we know,
Monthly loan payment =
⇒$526.83 = 14,000( 1 + r)¹² /
By solving we get
r = 1.019%
Now,
Nominal interest rate = 1.019%×12 = 12.23%
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