EBK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: THEORY & PRAC
15th Edition
ISBN: 9781305886902
Author: EHRHARDT
Publisher: CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT
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Chapter 4, Problem 28P
Assume that you inherited some money. A friend of yours is working as an unpaid intern at a local brokerage firm, and her boss is selling securities that call for 4 payments of $50 (1 payment at the end of each of the next 4 years) plus an extra payment of $1,000 at the end of Year 4. Your friend says she can get you some of these securities at a cost of $900 each. Your money is now invested in a bank that pays an 8% nominal (quoted) interest rate but with quarterly compounding. You regard the securities as being just as safe, and as liquid, as your bank deposit, so your required effective annual
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