What is the maximum amount an investor would be prepared to pay for $750,000 to be received in 5 years at 3% per quarter?

You manage a pension fund that will provide retired workers with lifetime annuities. You determine that the payouts of the fund are (approximately) level perpetuities of $1 million per year. The interest rate is 10%. You plan to fully fund the obligation using 5-year maturity and 20-year maturity zero-coupon bonds. How much market value of each of the zeros will be necessary to fund the plan if you desire an immunized position? 4 million for 5 year bond and 6 million of 20-year bond. 6 million for 5 year bond and 4 million of 20-year bond. O 6.67 million for 5 year bond and 3.33 million of 20-year bond. O 3.33 million for 5 year bond and 6.67 million of 20-year bond. Question 9 Using the same information from question 8, suppose that one year has passed, and the interest rate remains at 10%. What actions are required to rebalance the portfolio? O buy additional 0.67 million 5-year bond and sell 0.67 million 20-year bond. Sell 0.67 million 5-year bond, purchase additional 0.67 million…

217. Subject : - Finance

Q1. You have been told that you need $x today in order to have $100,000 when you retire 20 years from now. The annual interest rate is 5% on average. Computex. Answer Q2. You plan to make a $40,000 contribution to your individual retirement account, at 3.5 percent per year on average. Compute how much it will be worth if you deposit it for 25 years. Answer Q3. Repeat Q1-Q2, when the interest rate is being componded every SIX MONTHS (or SEMIANNUALLY). Answer Q4. Erica is purchasing a financial instrument that will pay $5,000 a year for seven years, at the end of every year. How much should she pay for this investment today if she wishes to earn a 12 percent rate of return? Answer Q5. Repeat Q5, when you are committed to making contributions at the beginning of every year. Answer Q6. Solve for x: Jane recently purchased a new home with a mortgage of $x. She financed it at 6.6 percent interest with annual installments of $36,000 for thirty years. Answer Q7. Solve for x: Jane recently…