On the evening’s financial news broadcast, the reporter states Last prices fell by 0.5%. This is an annual rate of deflation of #%&@* percent. Find the garbled number.
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You have just made your first $5,700 contribution to your retirement account. Assume you earn a return of 13 percent per year and make no additional contributions. What will your account be worth when you retire in 38 years?What if you wait 10 years ..
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Present Value of an Annuity What is the present value of a $1,800 annuity payment over 8 years if interest rates are 8 percent?
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Theo is a consultant who earns 72,000$ annually. His wife, Julia is a homemaker and theey have one child, Ben. Theo is covered by 200,000$ life insurance policy. The couple assumes an annual inflation rate of 3%. How would you design a finance plan f..
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Maryanne, a baby boomer who turns 50 today, begins to save for retirement with $200,000 that she just receives from a trust fund. She immediately invests this $200,000 in a stock fund. In addition, she plans to contribute $10,000, $15,000, and $20,00..
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Regarding the auto industry, do you see vehicles being standard across the globe so manufacturers don't need to create different models in different areas? Chances are that in 20 years driverless cars will be common if not prevalent so this industry ..
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Maggie's Muffins, Inc., generated $4,000,000 in sales during 2013, and its year-end total assets were $2,800,000. Also, at year-end 2013, current liabilities were $1,000,000, consisting of $300,000 of notes payable, $500,000 of accounts payable, and ..
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Anthony is considering the purchase of used car. The price, including the title and taxes, is $9,530. Anthony is able to make a $2,530 down payment. The balance, $7,000, will be borrowed from the Credit Union at an interest rate of 9.25% compounded d..
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A municipal bond has 5 years until maturity and sells for $5,156. If the coupon rate on the bond is 5.88 percent, what is the yield to maturity? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)
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If a company, with a normal payback requirement of two years or less, uses either NPV or simple payback techniques, how might the company adjust for projects of differing risk?
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Briefly state what the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) claims about:
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An investor has two bonds in his portfolio that both have a face value of $1,000 and pay a 10% annual coupon. Bond L matures in 13 years, while Bond S matures in 1 year. What will the value of the Bond L be if the going interest rate is 4%? Why does ..
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