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Problem 1.
Find the present value of $3,900 under each of the following rates and
periods.
(If you solve this problem with algebra round intermediate
calculations to 6 decimal places, in all cases round your final answer to the
nearest penny.)
a. 8.9 percent compounded monthly for five years.
b. 6.6 percent compounded quarterly for eight years.
c. 4.3 percent compounded daily for four years.
d. 5.7 percent compounded continuously for three years.
Problem 2.
Trigen Corp. management will invest cash flows of $1,289,241,
$323,512, $1,258,323, $818,400, $1,239,644, and $1,617,848 in research and
development over the next six years. If the appropriate interest rate is 6.71
percent, what is the future value of these investment cash flows six years from
today?(Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)
Problem 3.
Barbara is considering investing in a stock and is aware that
the return on that investment is particularly sensitive to how the
economy is performing. Her analysis suggests that four states of the
economy can affect the return on the investment. Using the table of
returns and probabilities below, find
Boom
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0.1
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25.00%
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Good
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0.3
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15.00%
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Level
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0.2
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10.00%
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Slump
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0.4
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-5.00%
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What is the expected return on Barbaraâs investment?(Round
answer to 3 decimal places, e.g. 0.076.)
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What is the standard deviation of the return on Barbara’s
investment?(Round intermediate calculations and answer to 5 decimal
places, e.g. 0.07680.)
Standard deviation
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.02897
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Problem 4.
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Trevor Price bought 10-year bonds issued by Harvest Foods five years
ago for $943.84. The bonds make semiannual coupon payments at a rate of 8.4
percent. If the current price of the bonds is $1,004.89, what is the yield that
Trevor would earn by selling the bonds today?(Round
intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places, e.g. 1.2514 and final answer to
2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25%.)
Effective annual yield
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8.28
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Problem 9.15
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Problem 5.
The First Bank of Ellicott City has issued perpetual preferred
stock with a $100 par value. The bank pays a quarterly dividend of $1.65 on
this stock. What is the current price of this preferred stock given a required
rate of return of 11.0 percent?(Round answer to 2 decimal
places, e.g. 15.25.)