Chapter 3: Q4BP_a (page 157)

Postal Express has outlets throughout the world. It also keeps funds for transactions purposes in many foreign countries. Assume in 2010 it held 240,000 reals in Brazil worth 170,000 dollars. It drew 12 percent interest, but the Brazilian real declined 24 percent against the dollar.
a. What is the value of its holdings, based on U.S. dollars, at year-end? (Hint: Multiply $170,000 times 1.12 and then multiply the resulting value by 76 percent.)

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The year-end value of the holding will be $144,614.

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Value of 240,000 reals in 2010 = $170,000

Interest drawn by the funds = 12%

Percentage decrease in value of real against dollars = 24%

Calculation of the value of the holdings

The value of the holdings at year-end will be $144,614.

$\begin{array}{rcl} S p o t r a t e & = & \frac{Dollars}{Reals} \\ = & \frac{170, 000}{240, 000} \\ = & 0.7084 \end{array}$

$\begin{array}{rcl} Y e a r - e n d r a t e & = & S p o t r a t e \times (1 - Decrease in value of real) \\ = & 0.7084 \times (1 - 0.24) \\ = & 0.538 \end{array}$

$\begin{array}{rcl} D e p o s i t i n r e a l a f t e r 1 y e a r & = & I n i t i a l d e p o s i t \times (1 + Interest rate) \\ = & 240, 000 \times (1 + 0.12) \\ = & 268, 800 R e a l \end{array}$

$\begin{array}{rcl} Y e a r - e n d v a l u e o f h o l d i n g & = & V a l u e o f d e p o s i t a t y e a r - e n d \times Y e a r - e n d r a t e \\ = & 268, 800 \times 0.538 \\ = & $ 144, 614 \end{array}$

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January	\(28,000
February	\)19,000
March	\(12,000
April	\)14,000
May	\(8,000
June	\)6,000
July	\(22,000
August	\)26,000
September	\(29,000
October	\)34,000
November	\(42,000
December	\)24,000
Total annual sales	\(264,000

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