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BUSI 320 Problem#3 (Decision #2)
Decision #2: Planning for Retirement
Mike and Joy are 25, 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 $2400 per year to prepare for retirement. Joy just told Mike, though, that she had heard that they would actually have more money the day they retire if they put $2400 per year away for the next 10 years - and then simply let that money sit for the next 35 years without any additional payments - than they would have 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 Mike and Joy make an informed decision:
Assume that all payments are made at the end of a year, and that the rate of return on all yearly investments will be 7.2% annually.
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?
Amount Invested per year = P = $2400
Rate of Interest = r = 7.2%
(a) Investment made from Year 11 to Year 45 = $2400
=> Value in Account = P(1+r)34 + .... + P(1+r)2 + P(1+r) + P = P[(1+r)35 -1]/r = 2400[(1+0.072)35 -1]/0.072 = $346590.23
(b) Amount Saved for first 10 years = $2400
Value of savings after 10 years = P(1+r)9 + .... + P(1+r)2 + P(1+r) + P = P[(1+r)10 -1]/r = 2400[(1+0.072)10 -1]/0.072 = $33474.37
(b-2) Value of this amount at Year 45 = 33474.38*(1+r)35 = $381531.17
(c) Amount invested each year for 45 years = $2700
Value in account after 45 years = P(1+r)44 + .... + P(1+r)2 + P(1+r) + P = P[(1+r)45 -1]/r = 2400[(1+0.072)45 -1]/0.072 = $728121.39
(d) Amount invested each month P = $200
Number of months = 45*12 = 540
Interest Rate = r = 0.072/12
Value after 45 years = P(1+r)539 + .... + P(1+r)2 + P(1+r) + P = P[(1+r)540 -1]/r = 200[(1+0.072/12)540 -1]/(0.072/12) = $809590.50
(f) Let the amount saved each year for 20 years be X
Value in 25 years = $800000
=> 800000 = P(1+r)19 + .... + P(1+r)2 + P(1+r) + P = P[(1+r)20 -1]/r = X[(1+0.072)20 -1]/0.072
=> X = 800000/[[(1+0.072)25 -1]/0.072] = 800000/41.90 = $19092.17