1. What is the Future Value at the end of 17 years of depositing $1,750 into a Mutual Fund today, assuming the fund is expected to earn 12% a year?
2. You are considering the purchase of a bond with a semi annual coupon of $40, Ten years to maturity, a face value of $1,000, and a current market price of $1,000.
a. At what price will the bond sell in the market in 6 months, immediately after the first coupon payment, if the stated annual yield on the bond (in six mos.) is 4%?
b. If you were to buy the bond now and sell it after six mos., what holding period rate of return would be earned over the six month period?
3. Calculate the expected return on the portfolio [E ( R )] of the following assets if you invest 20% in asset 1, 30% in asset 2, and 50% in asset 3. How and why will your answer change if you shift 20% of invested funds from the least risky (asset 3) to the most risky (asset 1) asset?
Asset Return
1
2
3
4. You are considering an investment in a project with a life of eight years, an initial outlay $120,000, and annual after-tax cash flows of $52,000. The project also requires an increase in inventories of $22,000. This $22,000 investment in inventory is required at the outset of the project and will be released when the project is completed. The appropriate discount rate for this project is 10%.
a. Calculate the payback period for this project.
b. Calculate the NPV for this project.
c. Should this project be accepted? Explain. CLICK HERE FOR SOLUTION
5. Calculate the IRR for the following cash flows. Is the project acceptable if the firm’s cost of capital is 12%?
End of Year Cash Flow ($)
- $400,000
100,000
200,000
300,000
6. You have been asked to assist your friends with some personal financial planning. Following their current budget they find they are able to save approximately $10,000 per year. They expect their investments to grow at a nominal rate of 8% and you expect inflation to remain at approximately 4% per year. Your friends expect to retire in 30 years.
a. How much money will they have available at their retirement date?
b. What will that amount be worth in today’s dollars?
7. Your corporation has the following stockholders equity.
Common Stock at par $ 750,000
Paid in capital in excess of par 1,250,000
Retained earnings 2,500,000
Total $ 4,500,000
a. What is the maximum amount of dividends the corporation can pay in states where the firm’s legal capital is defined as the par value of its common stock?
b. How does your answer change if the firm is in a state where legal capital includes all paid-in capital?
8. What is the expected inflation rate in the U.S. and Japan if the real rate of interest in the U.S. is 5% and in Japan 2%, while the nominal interest rate in the U.S. is 7% and in Japan 5%?
9. Suppose the annual risk-free rate in the U.S. is 3%. The annual risk-free rate in Pounds Sterling is 5%. The spot rate of exchange is .625pounds/$. What should the one-year forward rate be between pounds and dollars?
10. Acme offers its customers a cash discount of 4% if payment is made within 15 days, rather than its current net 45 policy. Assuming a 365-day year, what is the annual rate Acme is charging its customers who do not take the discount?
11. Calculate the present value of an annuity due of $3,600 at 9% for 16 years.
