Assignment 4: Saving and Investing (32.0 points) 1. Describe a real or made up but realistic situation that could cause you or someone you know to have to use money from a financial reserve. (3-6 sentences. 2.0 points): having to get a car. Another situation could be house repairs. 2. How many months' worth of expenses do you think your financial reserve should include? Describe at least two reasons for this decision. (3-6 sentences. 2.0 points): 6 months because I could lose my job. It will make me go into my financial reserve. I may also have to pay medical bills because someone got sick or injured. 3. Would you rather have a savings account that offered simple interest, or an account that offered compound interest? Why? …show more content…
(2-4 sentences. 2.0 points) Interest yield and current value. 8. Calculate the return on investment in dollars and as a percentage for an investment that you purchase for $500 and sell for $600. (2.0 points) 20 % ($100 profit) 9. Describe two examples of debt investments. (1-2 sentences. 1.0 points): US Treasuries (Government debt - what the government sells to pay for its) and corporate bonds (debt issues by companies to pay for usually new things the company wants to) 10. Describe two examples of equity investments. (1-2 sentences. 1.0 points) A stock or any other security representing an ownership interest. On a company's balance sheet, the amount of the funds contributed by the owners. Also referred to as "shareholders' equity". 11. If you were a new investor who wanted to invest in stock, would you prefer to invest in registered public stock, or unregistered private stock? Why? (2-4 sentences. 1.0 points) Registered public stock. Most people do, and I can be more confident if I invest in that. 12. Describe an alternative investment that you might invest in someday, and explain why this investment is appealing to you. (2-4 sentences. 2.0 points) Peer-to-peer lending. It's a high return investment but also high risk. There are ways to invest in Peer-to-peer to minimize risk. It's a great alternative investment option. 13. Describe at least three other investments you want to make with your income either now or someday
c. Which of the two banks or credit unions that you researched would you be most likely to choose to open an account with? Why? (2-4 sentences. 2.5 points)
c. Did anything surprise you about the company's values? Why or why not? (1-3 sentences. 1.0 points)
1. If you are borrowing money and paying interest, would you prefer an interest rate that compounds annually, quarterly, or daily? Why? (2-4 sentences. 1.0 points)
Investments. “The analysis and process of choosing securities and other assets to purchase.” (Cornett, Adair, & Nofsinger, 2016, p. 7).
c. Which of the two banks or credit unions that you researched would you be most likely to choose to open an account with? Why? (2-4 sentences. 2.5 points)
1. If you are borrowing money and paying interest, would you prefer an interest rate that compounds annually, quarterly, or daily? Why? (2-4 sentences. 1.0 points)
10. An investment of $1,000 today will grow to $1,100 in one year. What is the continuously compounded rate of return?
2. If you had a payment that was due you in 5 years for $50,000 and you could earn a 5% rate of return, how much
- The Bet-r-Bilt Company has a 5-year bond outstanding with a 4.30 percent coupon. Interest payments are paid semi-annually. The face amount of the bond is $1,000. This bond is currently selling for 93 percent of its face value. What is the company's pre-tax cost of debt?
Life insurance is meant to provide funds to replace a breadwinner's to protect and support dependents. Chad and Haley are dependents, not income providers. Therefore, the purchase of life insurance is unnecessary and not recommended. The Dumonts should use the money they would spend on policies for the children to increase their own coverage.
Within this article named, Emergency Fund, it talks about when and how to spend your money. It describes when you need to build your emergency fluid with a specific goal in mind. This can help you with your savings goal as well. This article also talks about paying yourself first before doing anything else with your expenses. This will help show you how much you’ve saved each month, every month. People sometimes forget with emergency funds is forgetting to plan for one-time expenses each year. A key to remember is, don’t be afraid to start with a small amount of savings each month, but try to increase it whenever possible.
In this assignment you will demonstrate your understanding of capital investment techniques by evaluating the following three case studies.
Also briefly indicate how your advice would change if other assets became available to the investor.
• Invest in two undervalued residential properties for the purpose of immediately renovating and reselling it.
repaying money that your borrowed, or using money in exchanges such as buying or selling an