Using chapter content, what ultimately determines the present value of assets? In determining the present value of an asset, what is the role of future benefits? What is the role of the interest rate (how those future benefits are valued)?

"Knowing how to secure your financial well-being is one of the most important things you'll ever need in life. You don't have to be a genius to do it. You just need to know a few basics, form a plan, and be ready to stick to it. No matter how much or little money you have, the important thing is to educate yourself about your opportunities. At the SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission], we enforce the laws that determine how investments are offered and sold to you. These laws protect investors, but you need to do your part, too. No one can guarantee that you'll make money from investments you make." Use the excerpt from the SEC's Guide to Saving and Investing to answer the following. Be sure to write in complete sentences. Explain different types of investments and savings accounts and how they help your money grow over time. Describe the importance of government agencies, like the SEC, in protecting your investments.

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10. What is the present value of a perpetuity of $100 if the appropriate discount rate is 7%? If interest rates in general were to double and the appropriate discount rate rose to 14%, what would happen to the present value of the perpetuity?

qUESTION 1   Please help me figure out which of the following multiple choice questions are correct.   Please tell me which choices are correct and which are wrong

1. Assuming that the current interest rate is 3 percent, compute the present value (or price) of a five-year, 5 percent coupon bond with a face value of $1,000. What happens to the present value when the interest rate goes to 4 percent? Compute the new present value.

Which of the following has the highest future value?         A. $100 saved for 2 years at 10 percent interest   B. $130 saved for 2 years at 7 percent interest   C. $120 saved for 2 years at 8 percent interest   D. $110 saved for 2 years at 9 percent interest

11. The face value of a bond is $10,000, and the annual coupon payment is $850. What is the coupon rate?

Why should a financial investor care about diversification?

3. Which of the following must be included in an organization’s statement of accounting profits for the statement to be of use?a. the estimated amount the organization could have earned pursuing other optionsb. the extent to which technological improvements increased productivityc. the percentages planned for reinvestment or distribution to investorsd. the period in which the profit was earned, such as a year or a quarter