Investment Plans. Use the savings plan formula to answer the following question. At age 28, you set up an IRA (individual retirement account) with an APR of 5%At the end of each month, you deposit $150 in the account. How much will the IRA contain when you retire at age 65? Compare that amount to the total deposits made over the time period.

A couple is saving for retirement with three different accounts. The table below shows the current balances in their accounts, along with their yearly contribution, and the yearly return on each account. The couple will retire in 22.00 years and pool the money into a savings account that pays 4.00% APR. They plan on living for 27.00 more years and making their yearly withdrawals at the beginning of the year. What will be their yearly withdrawal? Yearly Contribution Account Fidelity Mutual Fund Vanguard Mutual Fund Employer 401k Balance $24,316.00 $184,560.00 $304,945.00 $1,000.00 $10,000.00 $15,000.00 APR 6.00% 8.00% 6.00%

3. Use the annuity formula to calculate the future value of an annuity where you deposit $50 into an account gaining 5% interest for 3 years. Assume monthly deposits. Write out the formula first to show your work.

You are trying to calculate how much money you should have at retirement. On your 60th birthday you will retire and immediately make your first withdrawal of $4,482.06. You plan to make 24 such withdrawals each year. You plan to continue withdrawing at that level and frequency until you are 90 years old. (Assume beginning of period withdrawals with the first withdrawal on your retirement date and no withdrawal on your final birthday.) During retirement your savings will earn only 3.5% per annum. How much do you have to have saved at retirement to fund these planned withdrawals?

In 2012 the maximum Social Security deposit by an individual was $8,386.75. Suppose you are 27 and make a deposit of this amount into an account at the end of each year. How much would you have (to the nearest dollar) when you retire if the account pays 2% compounded annually and you retire at age 65?_____$

You start investing $43,000 annually and the bank provides you 7.20% interest in your account compounded annually. At what age should you start saving in order to reach your retirement goal of $1,210,000 at age 69 ?

In 2012 the maximum Social Security deposit by an individual was $8,386.75. Suppose you are 29 and make a deposit of this amount into an account at the end of each year. How much would you have (to the nearest dollar) when you retire if the account pays 3% compounded annually and you retire at age 65?$

if you deposit $190, $250, and $300 in a savings account at the end of the years 2017, 2018, and 2019 respectively how much money will be there in the account at the end of 2019 if you earn an interest of 5.3% per year on your savings?

Assuming a tax rate of 30%, a nominal return of 9%, a savings period of 35 years, and an annual deposit of $10,000 into an RRSP, how much will a person have saved for retirement? What is your recommendation regarding when the contributions should be made to the RRSP? Justify your answer using the time value of money