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You have just won a lawsuit and, as part of the judgement, you will be receiving semi-annual payments of $20,000 over the next ten years. The first payment will occur six months from today. You plan on investing these payments and you expect to earn a return of 5% p.a. compounded on a monthly basis. The future value of this investment at the end of its time horizon is closest to:
$409,761.
$510,893.
$503,116.
$512,242.
The effective half yearly rate compounded monthly = (1+0.05/12)^6-1 = | 2.5262% |
FV = 20000*(1.025262^20-)/0.025262 = | $ 5,12,243 |
Answer: $512,242 [Difference in solution due to approximation] |