You have $1,000 to invest for two years and have two choices: Altemative 1: 2-year zero coupon bond selling at a price of 92. Alternative 2: A bank deposit which pays according to the following rates: 1 year spot rate 3 year spot rate 1 year forward rate two years from now 3.0% 4.5% 4.0% Analyse the altenatives to determine the amount received from each alternative at the end of two years. (Give answer to nearest dollar)

You have $1,000 to invest for two years and have two choices: Altemative 1: 2-year zero coupon bond selling at a price of 92. Alternative 2: A bank deposit which pays according to the following rates: 1 year spot rate 3 year spot rate 1 year forward rate two years from now 3.0% 4.5% 4.0% Analyse the altenatives to determine the amount received from each alternative at the end of two years. (Give answer to nearest dollar)

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Assume that you can invest to earn a stated annual rate of return of 12 percent, but where interest is compounded semiannually. If you make 20 consecutive semiannual deposits of $500 each, with the first deposit being made today, what will your balance be at the end of Year 20? Group of answer choices $52,821.19 $57,900.83 $58,988.19 $62,527.47 $64,131.50
An investor has accumulated $6,800 and is looking for the best rate of return that can be earned over the next year. A bank savings account will pay 5%. A one-year bank certificate of deposit will pay 7%, but the minimum investment is $9,800. Required: Calculate the amount of return the investor would earn if the $6,800 were invested for one year at 5%. Calculate the net amount of return the investor would earn if $3,000 were borrowed at a cost of 15%, and then $9,800 were invested for one year at 7%. Calculate the net rate of return on the investment of $6,800 if the investor accepts the strategy of part b. Note: Round your answer to 2 decimal places.
The bank offers you the following three options to pay back the loan from the previous question: I: To pay the interest of 6.00% annually II: To pay an interest of 0.49% monthly III: To pay an interest of 1.46% quarterly Which of these three options would be most beneficial for you? O All three options would be equally beneficial Option II ○ Option III Option I O Option II and Option III would be equally beneficial
Assume you plan to borrow $400,000 from your bank to buy a home. The bank offers: a 5-year fixed rate of 6.05 %, compounded monthly. a 3-year fixed rate of 5.75 %, compounded monthly. If you choose to repay the borrowing in equal installments monthly over a 20 years, what would be the difference between your monthly payments at the two different APRs? a. $68.94 b. $154.58 c. $26.98 d. $89.32
You intend to save for retirement over the upcoming 30 years by allocating R850 monthly to a stock account and R250 monthly to a bond account. The expected return for the stock account is 11%, while the bond account is anticipated to yield 6%. Upon retirement, you plan to merge your funds into an account with a 5% return. All interest rates are Annual Percentage Rates (APRs) compounded monthly. What would be the monthly withdrawal amount from your account over a 25-year period post - retirement?
If you could solve Option 2 with formulas that would be great! Option 2: Borrow $5,000,000 from a bank quoted an annual interest rate of 3.8%, do monthly payments during the payback period of 6 years. Find periodic and annual payments, also cumulative interest and cumulative principal.
If you could solve option 5 with the formulas please Option 5: Half the required money is taken out of an investment account that pays monthly interest at a 3% annual rate. The rest of the money is borrowed from a bank at a 4% annual interest rate, should payback within 3 years in equal monthly payments. Find the future value of the money taken from the investment account at the end of the shop development and periodic payments to the bank. Calculate Cumulative interest and principal payments.
You have your choice of two investment accounts. Investment A is a 6-year annuity that features end-of-month $3,000 payments and has an interest rate of 8 percent compounded monthly. Investment B is an annually compounded lump-sum investment with an interest rate of 10 percent, also good for 6 years. How much money would you need to invest in B today for it to be worth as much as Investment A 6 years from now? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Present value
You make $10,000 deposit 1 year from now, $15,000 deposit 3 years from now and $20,000 deposit 5 years from now. You plan to retire 30 years from now. What monthly income you will receive due to these deposits over five years after the retirement? The first payment would be received at the end of the first month after the retirement and the last payment on the month ending the fifth year. The rate of return is 7.14%. Choices: $3,956.71 $9,221.89 $3,235.26 $4,267.06 $5,614.60
Future value (with changing years). Dixie Bank offers a certificate of deposit with an option to select your own investment period. Jonathan has $6,000 for his CD investment. If the bank is offering a 5.5% interest rate, compounded annually, how much will the CD be worth at maturity if Jonathan picks a a. two-year investment period? b. five-year investment period? c. eight-year investment period? d. twenty-year investment period? a. How much will the $6,000 CD investment at 5.5% interest rate be worth at maturity if Jonathan picks a 2-year investment period? $4 (Round to the nearest cent.) %24
You are 19 years old today. You want to have $381,507.06 in an investment account when you are 60 years old. You will start with an initial deposit in one year from now and grow it by 3% per year for a total of 15 investments. How much is the amount of that initial deposit? Assume an interest rate (a.k.a. return on your investment of 6%. Use the $ sign and a comma and round to the nearest thousand...(e.g. $8,000 would be the form of a correct answer). Hint....the correct answer should be very close to a multiple of $1,000.

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