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1. Mrs. Beach wants to invest a lump sum of money today to have $100,000 when sh

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Question

1. Mrs. Beach wants to invest a lump sum of money today to have $100,000 when she retires at 65 (she is 40 today). a. How much of a deposit would she have to make if the interest rate on the C.D. was 5%? b. What would Mrs. Beach have to deposit if she were to use high quality corporate bonds an earned an average rate of return of 7%. c. What would Mrs. Beach have to deposit if she were to use common stock and earned an average rate of return of 11%. d. What type of a problem is this? ___________

Explanation / Answer

a. Deposit today = $100,000 / (1 + 5%)25

= $29,530.28

b. Deposit today = $100,000 / (1 + 7%)25

= $18,424.92

c. Deposit today = $100,000 / (1 + 11%)25

= $7,360.81

d. Time value of money