Chapter 2. Exercises - Sent
Chapter 2. Exercises - Sent
5. A client can choose between receiving 10 annual $100,000 retirement payments, starting from
today, or receiving a lump sum today. Knowing that he can invest at a rate of 5 percent annually,
he has decided to take the lump sum. What lump sum today will be equivalent to the future
annual payments?
The present value of perpetuity:
6. Given investors require an annual return of 12.5%, a perpetual bond (i.e., a bond with no
maturity/due date) that pays $87.50 a year in interest should be valued at?
9. A local bank advertises that it will pay interest at the rate of 4.5%, compounded monthly, on
regular savings accounts. What is the effective rate of interest that the bank is paying on these
accounts?
13. A couple plans to pay their child’s college tuition for 4 years starting 18 years from now. The
current annual cost of college is C$7,000, and they expect this cost to rise at an annual rate of 5
percent. In their planning, they assume that they can earn 6 percent annually. How much must
they put aside each year, starting next year, if they plan to make 17 equal payments?
14. Two years from now, a client will receive the first of three annual payments of $20,000 from a
small business project. If she can earn 9 percent annually on her investments and plans to retire
in six years, how much will the three business project payments be worth at the time of her
retirement?
Amortized loan
15. John is getting a $25,000 loan, with an 8% annual interest rate to be paid in 48 monthly
installments. If the first payment is due at the end of the first month, the principal and interest
values for the first payment are closest to?
16. Nikki Ali and Donald Ankard borrowed $15,000 to help finance their wedding and reception. The
annual payment loan carries a term of seven years and an 11% interest rate. Respectively, the
amount of the first payment that is interest and the amount of the second payment that is
principal are approximately: