Portfolio Building HW 3

CorpCo is a large manufacturing firm with many stockholders. a. The firm paid a dividend of $6 during the past year and it estimates dividends to grow at 7% annually in the future. Firm’s stockholders require a rate of return of 14%. What would be the expected value of each share today?  b. Which are the two basic risks affecting returns when shareholders value any business? Briefly explain.

1. Suppose you buy a share of stock for $10 and sell it for $20; your profit is thus $10. If that happens within a year, your rate of return is an impressive 100%. If it takes five years, what would be the annual rate of return on your investment?

1) Suppose you buy one share of stock for $50 and sell it for $100. Your profit is $50. If that happens within a year, your rate of return is an impressive 100%! If it takes six years, what would be the average annual rate of return on your investment?

Your bank account pays an interest rate of 8 percent. You are considering buying a share of stock in XYZ Corporation for $110. After 1, 2, and 3 years, it will pay adividend of $5. You expect to sell the stock after 3 years for $120. Is XYZ a good investment? Support your answer with calculations.

John owns the following portfolio of stocks. What is the return on her portfolio? Stock Amount Invested Return on Stock A $4,000 7.5% B $2,000 11.0% C $4,000 9.3%

2. A group of investors is planning to build an athletic equipment and apparel store in Saskatoon, close to a group of existing big box stores. The group spends $800,000 to buy the required land and to develop the parking lot. After completing these steps they terminate the project when they learn that another athletic store is going to be built close by. What option have the investors exercised? Three years later, the investors still own the land and improvements. How should they value these things if they decide at that time to complete the store as originally planned?

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Math 3 Suppose you are offered two options: (i) receive Taka 30,000 at the end of 5 years or (ii) receive Taka P today and another P after two years. When you invest the Takas in business that pays 8% or more profit yearly. What value of P would be same as promise of Taka 30,000 to you after 5 years? Assume there is no risk in this future payment.

1. You purchased a bond for $925. The bond has a face value of $1,000 and it pays a dividend once a year. You sold the bond for $850 after 3 years well before the bond reaches maturity. You find that in this investment you made a 4% rate of return. a) What is the amount of dividend that the bond paid you every year? b) What is the interest rate the bond is paying?

5. Suppose Alex and Spenser each invest $5,000 in the same stock. Alex invests directly and earns 5% a year. Spenser uses a retirement fund, which charges an administrative fee equal to 0.25% on managed assets, and earns 4.75%.a) At the end of one year, how much will Alex and Spenser have?b) If Alex and Spenser leave their investments in place for 30 years, with annual compounding ofthe interest, how much more will Alex have than Spenser at the end of the 30-year period?

11.​If you invest $1000 today, you expect to have $1460 at the end of 4 years. What rate of return do you expect to earn?   12. ​Brock Lee decided to sell his stock due to the recent market turbulence and instead put the entire amount of $100,000 into a savings account that promises to pay him annual compound interest of 4%.   a. How much money will Mr. Lee accrue if he leaves it all in the bank for 1, 8, or 20 years?   b.​If Mr. Lee finds a different bank that promises to pay him 4% per year but compounds quarterly, rework part (a) using this new information.