A local bank advertises the following deal: “Pay us $100 a year for 10 years and then we will pay you (or your beneficiaries) $100 a year forever.” Is this a good deal if the interest rate available on other deposits is 8 percent?
A local bank advertises the following deal: “Pay us $100 a year for 10 years and then we will pay you (or your beneficiaries) $100 a year forever.” Is this a good deal if the interest rate available on other deposits is 8 percent?
Essentials Of Investments
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- A local bank advertises the following deal: “Pay us $100 a year for 10 years and then we will pay you (or your beneficiaries) $100 a year forever.” Is this a good deal if the interest rate available on other deposits is 8 percent?
- Consider an APR of 12% with monthly compounding. What is the EAR (effective annual rate)?
- Consider an APR of 12% with monthly compounding. What is the EAR ( effective annual rate)?
- Consider an APR of 13.5% with quarterly compounding. What is the EAR (effective annual rate)?
- Consider an EAR of 13.75% with quarterly compounding. What is the APR (annual percentage rate)?
- Consider an EAR of 18.25% with monthly compounding. What is the APR (annual percentage rate)?
- A bank is offering 12 percent compounded quarterly. If you put $100 in an account, how much will you have at the end of one year? What’s the EAR? How much will you have at the end of two years?
- Depending on the issuer, a typical credit card agreement quotes an interest rate of 18 percent APR. Monthly payments are required. What is the actual interest rate you pay on such a credit card?
- Consider the following
future value problem. The respective cash flows for t = 0, 1, 2, and 3 are $3,000, $2,000, $8,000, and $5,000 and the discount rate is ten percent. What is the future value at t = 4? - You are offered a signing bonus of $2,000,000 or a future payment of $2,500,000 at the end of three years from now. If you can earn 7% on invested funds, would you take the signing bonus or wait for the future payment?
- What’s the
present value of the following uneven cash flow stream: $0 at Time 0, $100 in Year 1 (or at Time 1), $200 in Year 2, $0 in Year 3, and $400 in Year 4 if the interest rate is 8%? - What is the future value of this cash flow stream: $100 at the end of 1 year, $150 due after 2 years, and $300 due after 3 years if the appropriate interest rate is 15%?
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