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You are thinking about investing $4,692 in your friend's landscaping business. Even though you know the investment is risky and you can't be sure, you expect your investment to be worth $5,738 next year. You notice that the rate for one-year Treasury bills is 1%. However, you feel that other investments of equal risk to your friend's landscape business offer an expected return of 8% for the year. What should you do?
Present value of the return = $5,738 / (1 + 8%)^1 = $5,312.96
The present value of the return is higher than the
investment.
Thus, he should investing in his friend's landscaping
business.