Title: Your grandfather has told you that he has setup a trust for you that will pay you and your heirs $1,
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Your grandfather has told you that he has setup a trust for you that will pay you and your heirs 1,000 / year for the rest of eternity. However, the payments will not start for 4 years. That is, you will receive the first 1,000 at time t 4. What is the present value of this trust (at t 0)? Use an 8 annual discount rate.
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You recently obtained a standard 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage with monthly payments. The mortgage is for 275,000 with a stated annual nominal interest rate of 5.25, compounded monthly. What is the required monthly payment?
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Jill currently has 300,000 in a brokerage account. The account pays a 7.5 annual interest rate. Assuming that Jill makes no additional contributions to the account, how many years will it take for her to have 1,000,000 in the account?
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You recently obtained a standard 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage with monthly payments. The mortgage is for 450,000 with a stated annual nominal interest rate of 5.25, compounded monthly. What portion of your 180th payment will go toward the repayment of principal? Assume you only make the requirement monthly payment.
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Find the present value of the end-of-year payments shown below. Use an 8 percent annual interest rate.Year Deposit
0 8,000
1 20,000
6 24,500
9 30,000
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What is the present value of 10-year ordinary annuity, paying 1,000 / year? The discount rate is a nominal annual rate of 8, compounded quarterly.
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You decide to form a portfolio with the following amounts invested in the following stocks. What is the expected return of the portfolio?
Stock Amount Beta Expected Return
IBM 7,800 0.90 13.5
Microsoft 1,200 1.10 14.5
Dell 3,000 1.25 15.8
Verisign 3,000 1.60 18.1
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Which of the following has a beta of 1?
a. risky technology stocks
b. a risk-free security
c. the market
d. every security should have a beta of 1
e. every security should have a beta greater than 1
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A firm has a required return of 14.2 and a beta of 1.63. If the risk-free rate is currently 5.4, what is the expected return to the market?
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Which of the following has a beta of 0?
a. risky technology stocks
b. a risk-free security
c. the market
d. every security should have a beta of 0
e. every security should have a beta greater than 0
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You decide to form a portfolio with the following amounts invested in the following stocks. What is the beta of the portfolio?
Stock Amount Beta Expected Return
Bank of America 7,800 0.90 13.5
General Motors 1,200 1.10 14.5
JCPenney 3,000 1.25 15.8
Seagate 3,000 1.60 18.1
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If you borrow 30,000 from a local finance company and you agree to pay 731 per month for 4 years, what is the nominal annual interest rate on the loan?
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Santos Energy has 9.5 semi-annual coupon bonds outstanding with 15 years left to maturity. The bonds have a face value of 1,000 and their current market price is 903.76. What is the nominal annual yield to maturity (YTM) on Santos's bonds?
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A 1,000 par value Home Depot zero coupon bond matures in 16 years. Investors require a 7.65 effective annual rate of return on this bond. What is the price of this bond?
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Hartnett Computing has 8-year, 10.4 semiannual coupon bonds outstanding. The bonds have a par value of 1,000 and a nominal yield to maturity (YTM) of 9.5. What is the bond's current yield (annual coupon / price)?
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Consider a coupon bond with five years to maturity. Which of the following statements is true?
a. The value of the bond is inversely related to changes in the investors present required rate of return.
b. The market value of a bond will be less than the par value if the investors required rate of return is above the coupon interest rate.
c. This bond has more interest rate risk than a 10-year bond with the same coupon payment.
d. a., b., and c. are all correct.
e. Only a. and b. are correct.
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Sea Garden Corporation issued 1,000 par, 11 1/8 coupon bonds that have 20 years to maturity and pay semi-annual coupons. If investors require a 10.2 annual rate of return on this bond (nominal with semi-annual compounding), what is the bonds price?
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Bond A has a 9 annual coupon. Bond B has a 7 annual coupon. Both bonds have the same maturity and both have a face value of 1,000. Both bonds also have the same 8 yield to maturity. Which of the following statements is most correct?
a. Bond B trades at a discount, whereas Bond A trades at a premium.
b. If the yield to maturity for both bonds remains at 8, Bond As price one year from now will be higher than it is today, but Bond Bs price one year from now will be lower than it is today.
c. If the yield to maturity for both bonds immediately decreases to 6, Bond A will have a larger percentage increase in price.
d. a., b., and c. are all correct.
e. a., b., and c. are all incorrect.
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You wish to join the UCF alumni association. You have two options. You can pay 220.00 every year, with your first payment due now (annuity due). Or, you can pay 2,150.00 right now for a lifetime membership. Your discount rate is 5.90 per year. What is the minimum number of years you must expect to live to prefer the lump sum payment?