Question

Decision #1:   Which set of Cash Flows is worth more now?

Assume that your grandmother wants to give you generous gift. She wants you to choose which one of the following sets of cash flows you would like to receive:

Option A: Receive a one-time gift of $ 10,000 today.   

Option B: Receive a $1500 gift each year for the next 10 years. The first $1500 would be

     received 1 year from today.                 

Option C: Receive a one-time gift of $18,000 10 years from today.

Compute the Present Value of each of these options if you expect the interest rate to be 3% annually for the next 10 years.    Which of these options does financial theory suggest you should choose?

       Option A would be worth $___10,000.00__ today.

      Option B would be worth $___12,795.30__ today.

       Option C would be worth $___13,393.69__ today.

       Financial theory supports choosing Option __C_____

       

Compute the Present Value of each of these options if you expect the interest rate to be 6% annually for the next 10 years. Which of these options does financial theory suggest you should choose?

       Option A would be worth $__10,000.00__ today.

       Option B would be worth $__11,040.13__ today.

       Option C would be worth $__10,051.11__ today.

      Financial theory supports choosing Option __B_____

Compute the Present Value of each of these options if you expect to be able to earn 9% annually for the next 10 years. Which of these options does financial theory suggest you should choose?

       Option A would be worth $10,000.00_ today.

       Option B would be worth $_9,626.49 _ today.

       Option C would be worth $_7,603.39_ today.

       Financial theory supports choosing Option __A_____

Decision #2 begins at the top of page 2!

Decision #2: Planning for Retirement

Erich and Mallory are 22, newly married, and ready to embark on the journey of life.   They both plan to retire 45 years from today. Because their budget seems tight right now, they had been thinking that they would wait at least 10 years and then start investing $3000 per year to prepare for retirement. Mallory just told Erich, though, that she had heard that they would actually have more money the day they retire if they put $3000 per year away for the next 10 years - and then simply let that money sit for the next 35 years without any additional payments – then they would have MORE when they retired than if they waited 10 years to start investing for retirement and then made yearly payments for 35 years (as they originally planned to do).   Please help Erich and Mallory make an informed decision:   

Assume that all payments are made at the END a year (or month), and that the rate of return on all yearly investments will be 7.2% annually.  

(Please do NOT ROUND when entering “Rates” for any of the questions below)

1. How much money will Erich and Mallory have in 45 years if they do nothing for the next 10 years, then put $3000 per year away for the remaining 35 years?

$467,430.91

2. How much money will Erich and Mallory have in 10 years if they put $3000 per year away for the next 10 years?

$47,855.67

b2) How much will the amount you just computed grow to if it remains invested for the remaining

35 years, but without any additional yearly deposits being made?

                $545,444.90

3. How much money will Erich and Mallory have in 45 years if they put $3000 per year away for each of the next 45 years?

$978,682.67

How much money will Erich and Mallory have in 45 years if they put away $250

4. per MONTH at the end of each month for the next 45 years? (Remember to adjust 7.2% annual rate to a Rate per month!)

5. If Erich and Mallory wait 25 years (after the kids are raised!) before they put anything away for retirement, how much will they have to put away at the end of each year for 20 years in order to have $1,000,000 saved up on the first day of their retirement 45 years from today?

Please verify and answer D and E!!!!

Answer 1

Option	r = 3%	r = 6%	r=9%
A	PV = 10000	PV = 10000	PV = 10000
B	We are given the following information: PMT $1,500.00 r 3.00% n 10 frequency 1 We need to solve the following equation to arrive at the required PV: So the PV is $12795.30	We are given the following information: PMT $1,500.00 r 6.00% n 10 frequency 1 We need to solve the following equation to arrive at the required PV: So the PV is $11040.13	We are given the following information: PMT $1,500.00 r 9.00% n 10 frequency 1 We need to solve the following equation to arrive at the required PV: So the PV is $9626.49
C	We are given the following information: r 3.00% n 10 frequency 1 FV $18,000.00 We need to solve the following equation to arrive at the required PV So the PV is $13393.69	We are given the following information: r 6.00% n 10 frequency 1 FV $18,000.00 We need to solve the following equation to arrive at the required PV So the PV is $10051.11	We are given the following information: r 9.00% n 10 frequency 1 FV $18,000.00 We need to solve the following equation to arrive at the required PV So the PV is $7603.39
Decision	As option C has the highest PV it should be selected	As option B has the highest PV it should be selected	As option A has the highest PV it should be selected

Decision 2:

Part a) We are given the following information:

PMT	3000
r	7.20%
n	35
T	1

We need to solve the following equation to arrive at the required FV

So the fund will have $433237.79 at the end of 45 years

Part B) We are given the following information:

PMT	3000
r	7.20%
n	10
T	1

We need to solve the following equation to arrive at the required FV

So the fund will have $41842.97 at the end of 10 years

b2) We are given the following information:

PV	$41,842.97
r	7.20%
n	35
frequency	1

So the fund will have 476913.95 at the end of 45 years

Part C)We are given the following information:

PMT	3000
r	7.20%
n	45
T	1

We need to solve the following equation to arrive at the required FV

So the fund will have $910151.74 at the end of 45 years

Part D) We are given the following information

We need to solve the following equation to arrive at the required FV

PMT	250
r	7.20%
n	45
T	12

So the fund will have 1011988.13 if monthly contributions are made of 250 each for 45 years

Part E) We are given the following information

We need to solve the following equation to arrive at the required FV

r	7.20%
n	20
T	1
FV	$10,00,000.00

So the annual payment should be 23865.21 for 20 years to have 1000000 at the end of 45 years