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Chapter 6: Q14Q (page 301)
Question:Explain how the present value of an ordinary annuity interest table is converted to the present value of an annuity due interest table.
It is converted by multiplying by the factors by one plus the interest rate
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Using the appropriate interest table, answer the following questions. (Each case is independent of the others). (a) What is the future value of 20 periodic payments of \(4,000 each made at the beginning of each period and compounded at 8%? (b) What is the present value of \)2,500 to be received at the beginning of each of 30 periods, discounted at 5% compound interest? (c) What is the future value of 15 deposits of \(2,000 each made at the beginning of each period and compounded at 10%? (Future value as of the end of the fifteenth period.) (d) What is the present value of six receipts of \)1,000 each received at the beginning of each period, discounted at 9% compounded interest?
What would you pay for a \(100,000 debenture bond that matures in 15 years and pays \)5,000 a year in interest if you wanted to earn a yield of: (a) 4%? (b) 5%? (c) 6%?
Clarence Weatherspoon, a super salesman contemplating retirement on his fifty-fifth birthday, decides to create a fund on an 8% basis that will enable him to withdraw $20,000 per year on June 30, beginning in 2021 and continuing through 2024. To develop this fund, Clarence intends to make equal contributions on June 30 of each of the years 2017–2020. Instructions
(a) How much must the balance of the fund equal on June 30, 2020, in order for Clarence to satisfy his objective?
(b) What are each of Clarence’s contributions to the fund?
Candice Willis will invest \(30,000 today. She needs \)150,000 in 21 years. What annual interest rate must she earn?
Andrew Bogut just received a signing bonus of \(1,000,000. His plan is to invest this payment in a fund that will earn 8%, compounded annually. Instructions (a) If Bogut plans to establish the AB Foundation once the fund grows to \)1,999,000, how many years until he can establish the foundation? (b) Instead of investing the entire \(1,000,000, Bogut invests \)300,000 today and plans to make 9 equal annual investments into the fund beginning one year from today. What amount should the payments be if Bogut plans to establish the $1,999,000 foundation at the end of 9 years?
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