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1- ) You want to have $3 million when you retire in 40 years. If you can earn 12% per year, how much do you need to deposit on a monthly basis if the first payment is made in one month? 2- ) What if the first payment is made today? 3- ) You are considering ABC’s preferred stock that is expected to pay a quarterly dividend of $1.00 forever. If your desired return is 10% per year, how much would you be willing to pay?
| 1) | |||||||||||||||
| Monthly deposit | $ 255.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Working: | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Future Value of Annuity of 1 | = | (((1+i)^n)-1)/i | Where, | |||||||||||
| = | (((1+0.01)^480)-1)/0.01 | i | 12%/12 | = | 0.01 | ||||||||||
| = | 11764.773 | n | 40*12 | = | 480 | ||||||||||
| b. | Monthly Deposit | = | Future Value of Amount / Future Value of annuity of 1 | ||||||||||||
| = | $ 30,00,000 | / | 11764.773 | ||||||||||||
| = | $ 255.00 | ||||||||||||||
| 2) | |||||||||||||||
| Monthly deposit | $ 252.47 | ||||||||||||||
| Working: | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Future Value of Annuity of 1 | = | ((((1+i)^n)-1)/i)*(1+i) | Where, | |||||||||||
| = | ((((1+0.01)^480)-1)/0.01)*(1+0.01) | i | 12%/12 | = | 0.01 | ||||||||||
| = | 11882.42024 | n | 40*12 | = | 480 | ||||||||||
| b. | Monthly Deposit | = | Future Value of Amount / Future Value of annuity of 1 | ||||||||||||
| = | $ 30,00,000 | / | 11882.420 | ||||||||||||
| = | $ 252.47 | ||||||||||||||
| 3) | |||||||||||||||
| Value of preferred stock | $ 40.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Working: | |||||||||||||||
| Quarterly dividend | $ 1.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Quarterly Return | 10%/4 | = | 0.025 | ||||||||||||
| Value of preferred stock | = | $ 1.00 | / | 0.025 | |||||||||||
| = | $ 40.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Amount that should be paid | $ 40.00 | ||||||||||||||