Answer:
a. If the interest rate was 8%, how much would you have been prepared to bid for the prize?
this is an ordinary annuity:
annual payment = $9,420,713 / 20 = $471,035.65
number of periods = 19 periods
interest rate = 8%
therefore, the present value annuity factor = 9.6036
the present value of the annuity = $471,035.65 x 9.6036 = $4,523,637.97 ≈ $4,523,638
b. Enhance Reinsurance Company was reported to have offered S4.2 million. Use Excel to find the return that the company was looking for.
using the IRR function in Excel, the return that Enhance was looking for was 9.05%
Answer:
This question is incomplete since the interest rate is not included and so is the requirement. However, if it asking for the annual contributions Bonnie can make, you can calculate it as shown below and assuming a discount rate of 10%;
Explanation:
Since Bonnie's goal is $300,000, this will be the future value and you can use a financial calculator to solve for recurring deposits (PMT);
Time to retirement; N = 12
Interest rate; I/Y = 10%
Future value; FV = 300,000
One time present cashflow; PV = 0
then compute the recurring deposits; CPT PMT = 14,028.995
Therefore, she will need to contribute $14,029 every year to meet her goal.
Answer:
A. High
Explanation:
When an investment is considered risky, investors would demand a high rate of return as compensation for holding a risky investment.
The required rate of return is usually higher than the short term t bills rate.
I hope my answer helps you.
Here are the factors that determine preference for a concert ticket from the most important to the less important
- Band that is playing (if you really like the band, you will potentially ignore the other factors)
- Date of the concert (to make sure that you have no important matters to attend)
- Price of the ticket (to know whether you really can afford the ticket)
- Friends that are going
