<u>Solution and Explanation:</u>
Required Return after 5 year = Real rate of return + Inflation premium + Risk premium
Required Return after 5 year = 5+2+4
Required Return after 5 year =11%
No of year left to maturity = 25
Annual Interest payment = 15%*1000 = 150
Face value of Bond = 1000
New price of the bond = pv (rate, nper, pmt, fv)
New price of the bond = pv (11%,25,150,1000)
New price of the bond = $ 1336.87
Answer:
The alternative that should be chosen assuming identical replacement is:
Alternative B.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Alternatives:
A B
First Cost $5,000 $9,200
Uniform Annual Benefit $1,750 $1,850
Useful life, in years 4 8
Rate of return 7% 7%
Annuity factor 3.387 5.971
Present value of annuity $5,927.25 $11,046.35
Net cash flow $927.25 $1,846.35
b) Alternative B yields a higher return than Alternative A. Since the two alternatives are based on the same rate of return, Alternative B will bring in a higher annual benefit, even when discounted to the present value.
Answer:
Mel
If Mel is risk-neutral, then in the absence of trip insurance, the most she will be willing to pay for the cruise is _______.
c. $1,220
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Mel's value of a cruise in nice weather = $2,000
Mel's value of a cruise in bad weather = $50
Probability of nice weather = 60%
Probability of bad weather = 40%
Expected value:
Weather Outcome Probability Expected Value
Nice weather $2,000 60% $1,200
Bad weather $50 40% $20
Total expected value of a cruise $1,220
Answer: b. Foreign direct investment.
Explanation: This is when a firm or business owns more than 10% of a a foreign company.
A foreign direct investment can be made by getting a lasting interest or by expanding one’s business or company into a foreign country.
The lasting interest makes Foreign Direct Investment from foreign portfolio investments, where investors passively hold securities from a foreign country.
