helle Smith is planning on taking her family to Disney World in three (3) years’ time. She plans on saving $20,000 each month for the next three (3) years. How much money will she accumulate at the end of that period if interest is 12% per annum?
Question 1
- Michelle Smith is planning on taking her family to Disney World in three (3) years’
time. She plans on saving $20,000 each month for the next three (3) years. How much
money will she accumulate at the end of that period if interest is 12% per annum?
- Angela is planning for her daughter’s university education in seven (7) years’ time. She estimated that the university education will cost $1,955,000. How much should she
invest each year for the next seven (7) years to achieve this goal if interest rate is 15%?
- Mr. James would like an income of $300,000 per year in equal instalments for fifteen
(15) years. How much should he invest in order to obtain this income if the interest rate
is 20% compounded annually?
- You expect to deposit the following
cash flows at the end of years one (1) through to five (5), $1, 000, $4, 000, $9, 000, $5, 000 and $2, 000 respectively. What is the future value at the end of year six (6) if you can earn 10% compounded annually?
Question 2
- A $20,000 loan obtained today is to be repaid in equal instalments over the next six years, starting at the end of this year. If the annual interest rate is 10%, compounded annually, how much is the payment for each year?
- Patricia Graham is planning on going to the university. To finance her education, her
bank has agreed to lend her $125,000 on the first day of each year for the next three years beginning January 1, 2011. The annual interest rate of 10% is compounded yearly. Patricia plans to graduate on December 31, 2013. What will be the amount owing to the bank on that date?
- A credit card company has interest rate of 10% per annum. If interest is compounded
quarterly, Calculate:
- the periodic rate
- the EAR
- Suppose that you have $1,000,000 available for investment for a period of four years.
After investigating the local banks, you have compiled the following table for comparison.
Bank Interest Rate Compounding
Scotia Bank 10% Annually
National Commercial Bank 9% Semi-annually
First Caribbean International Bank 6.8% Quarterly
Using the Future Value concept (based on calculation), in which bank should you
deposit your funds to maximize return and why?
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