The owner of Automobile Mart determines that she needs $2
million for retirement in 45 years...
The owner of Automobile Mart determines that she needs $2
million for retirement in 45 years (this figure is irrelevant of
her selling the business or transferring ownership). How much of
her salary does she need to save each year if her investment earns
the S&P statistical annual average of 9.4%?
Eleanor needs $40,000 a year to live on in retirement net of the
income she will receive. She will be retiring in 22 years and is
funding for a 25-year retirement. The inflation rate is expected to
be 3.5 percent a year and the after-tax return on her investments 6
percent.
a) How much will she fall short to at the beginning of the
retirement period?
b) What lump sum will she need at the beginning of the
retirement period?...
(a) Sally is the owner of a huge bookstore in Quarry Bay. Near
retirement age, she is looking for opportunities to sell her
business. One day, Ricky, who was interested to buy the bookstore,
was invited by Sally to visit her bookstore. Ricky was excited to
see that there was a small tea shop inside the bookstore selling
Taiwanese style drinks. Ricky was led by Sally to visit the whole
bookstore including a tea shop. Sally told Ricky that the...
A small-town restaurant owner understands that she needs to meet
or exceed customers' expectations. Therefore, she must first:
Group of answer choices know where customers live. know how
often consumers buy their products.
determine what those expectations are.
recognize that expectations are tangible.
empower customers to meet their own expectations.
2. If a product's sales are rising, profits are rising rapidly,
and there are a small but increasing number of competitors, this
product is most likely in the ________ stage...
Suppose you want to retire after working for 40 years with $2
million saved for retirement. Calculate how much you need to save
each month if your retirement savings is in an account that grows
at 3%, 6%, and 9% interest annually. (three answers, one for each
rate.) Show your work.
Cully Company needs to raise $45 million to start a new project
and will raise the money by selling new bonds. The company will
generate no internal equity for the foreseeable future. The company
has a target capital structure of 60 percent common stock, 5
percent preferred stock, and 35 percent debt. Flotation costs for
issuing new common stock are 7 percent, for new preferred stock, 4
percent, and for new debt, 2 percent. What is the true initial cost...
Allison, age 45, is beginning to panic about inflation in
retirement. She is currently saving $15,000 real a year and will
retire 20 years from now. Inflation is 2.5% and her fund are
earnings a return of 6%. What is her real rate of return (adjusted
for inflation)?
A 45 year old woman decides to place funds in a retirement plan.
She can save
1,550 per year and earn 6 percent on this savings. How much will
she have
accumulated if she retires at age 65? If this were an annuity due,
how much
extra money would she have?
Consider an insurance company that needs to pay £10 million in
years 1, 2 and 3 from now. The term structure is flat at r=3% per
year and only shifts in a parallel way (that is, the whole term
structure shifts by some Dr). There are zero-coupon bonds maturing
in years 1 and 2, respectively, and a three-year bond with a 10%
coupon rate. All bonds have face value £100. The company wants to
buy these bonds to perfectly immunize...
Adria Lopez, owner of Success Systems, realizes that she needs
to begin accounting for bad debts expense. Assume that Success
Systems has total revenues of $64,000 during the first three months
of 2014, and that the Accounts Receivable balance on March 31,
2014, is $22,317. Prepare the adjusting entry needed for Success
Systems to recognize bad debts expense, which are estimated to be
2% of accounts receivable on March 31, 2014 (assume a zero
unadjusted balance in the Allowance for...
2. Sharon Smith will receive $1 million in 30 years. As an
alternative, she can receive $90,000 today. If we use a discount
rate of 8%, which should she choose?
3. Yesterday Google issued 20 Year bonds with a 5% Interest
Rate/Coupon when the required rate of return or yield to maturity
was 5%. Today, investors are requiring an 8% return or yield to
maturity. What will be the new market price of the bond?