If an investor buys shares in a no-load mutual fund for $33 and after eight years the shares appreciate to $60, what is (1) the percentage return and (2) the annual compound rate of return using time value of money? Round your answers to two decimal places. Percentage return:   % The annual compound rate of return:   %

Ken Francis is offered the possibility of investing $4,266 today; in return, he would receive $12,000 after 12 years. What is the annual rate of interest for this investment? (PV of $1, FV of $1, PVA of $1, and FVA of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided. Round your "PV of a single amount" to 4 decimal places and percentage answer to the nearest whole number.) Present Value 1 Future Value 1 p (PV of a Single Amount) Interest Rate %6

You estimate that you would like to retire in 25 years with an annual salary of $110,000. Your estimates from past experience is that your investments will yield on average 6.5 % per year and you expect that the inflation rate will be 3.25% on average per year. Using the 4% rule and the "Safe With-drawl Rate," provide the following a) How much money (principle) do you need for retirement in 25 years. b) So as not to deplete your principle at the investment and inflation rates provided above, calculate the first 5 years of your retirement schedule.

Suppose that in a certain fund, money accumulates at a nominal interest rate of 4% convertible quarterly for the first five years. Afterwards, money grows at an annual effective rate of 3%. (a) Assume that n < m < 5. Solve for m and n that satisfy the following:

Suppose that a 10-year T-note is purchased with a face value of $20,000 and a coupon rate of 3.4% (a) What is the total return of this investment? (b) What is the average rate of retum? (a) The total return is $ (Simplity your answer.) (b) The average rate of return is%. (Simplify your answer. Round to two decimal places as needed.)

Five years ago, you invested 8,050.77.  If you earned a compound annual rate of return of 3.50%, how much is your investment worth today?   Question 4 options:   10,878.34   9,561.79   9,233.54   10,242.32   8,619.74

You are 19 years old today. You want to have $381,507.06 in an investment account when you are 60 years old. You will start with an initial deposit in one year from now and grow it by 3% per year for a total of 15 investments. How much is the amount of that initial deposit? Assume an interest rate (a.k.a. return on your investment of 6%. Use the $ sign and a comma and round to the nearest thousand...(e.g. $8,000 would be the form of a correct answer). Hint..the correct answer should be very close to a multiple of $1,000. Previous Page Next Page Page 16 of 19

If a cell in an Excel spreadsheet uses the following formula to determine the future value of an investment: =FV(0.0745/12, 12*30,-145) How much money is being invested each month? (Express your answer rounded correctly to the nearest cent!) %$4 What is the APR? (Express your answer correctly rounded to the nearest hundredth of a percent!) % If you haven't answered the question correctly in 3 attempts, you can get a hint.

a) At what annual interest rate would the following have to be invested? i) $500 to grow to $1,948.00 in 12 years ii) $300 to grow to $422.10 in 7 years iii) $50 to grow to $280.20 in 20 years iv) $200 to grow to $497.60 in 5 years b) You are considering invest ing in a security that will pay you $1,000 in 30 years. i) If the appropriate discount rate is 10 percent, what is the present value of this investment? ii) Assume these securities sell for $365, in return for which you receive $1,000 in 30 years. What is the rate of return investors earn on this security if they buy it for $365? USE EXCEL TO WORK THIS OUT AND SHOW THE FORMULA!

Round percentages and ratios to the nearest tenth of a percent, dollars to nearest whole dollar. 1. a. ________dollars b. ________dollars c. ________% d. ________dollars Use the attached present and future value tables to answer the following questions: a) Tom needs to have $20,000 in his investment account in 7 years. If his account earns 6% interest per year, how much must he deposit today in order to have $20,000 7 years from now? b) If, instead, Tom deposits $2,000 each year in the account for the next 7 years, how much will he have in the account at the end of 7 years? c) Tom wants to buy a vehicle for the business. The sticker price is $28,000. The dealer is offering him an annual payment plan of $5,873.72 per year for 6 years if he wants to finance the vehicle. What annual interest rate is the dealer charging? d) Tom pays $2,400 per year for rent on the first of January each year. He wants to deposit an amount in his 6% investment today that will allow…