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A financial advisor says she has an investment that will pay you $500 a month forever. It will cost you $25,000 today. What effective annual rate (EAR) will you earn on this investment? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Information provided:
Monthly payment= $500
Present value of the perpetuity= $25,000
Present value of the perpetuity payment= annual payment/ Interest rate
$25,000= $500/ Interest rate
Interest rate= $500/ $25,000
= 0.02*100
= 2% per month
Annual interest rate= 2%*12= 24%
Effective annual rate is calculated using the below formula:
EAR= (1+r/n)^n-1
Where r is the interest rate and n is the number of compounding periods in one year.
EAR= (1 + 0.24/12)^12 – 1
= 1.2682 -1
= 0.2682*100
= 26.82%
Therefore, the Effective annual rate on the investment is 26.8%.
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