You have finally saved $10,000 and are ready to make your first investment. You

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You have finally saved $10,000 and are ready to make your first investment. You have the three following alternatives for investing that money:

* Capital Cities ABC, Inc. bonds with a par value of $1,000, that pays an 8.75 percent on its par value in interest, sells for $1,314, and matures in 12 years.
* Southwest Bancorp preferred stock paying a dividend of $2.50 and selling for $25.50.
Emerson Electric common stock selling for $36.75, with a par value of $5. The stock recently paid a $1.32 dividend and the firm's earnings per share has increased from $1.49 to $3.06 in the past five years. The firm expects to grow at the same rate for the foreseeable future.

Your required rates of return for these investments are 6 percent for the bond, 7 percent for the preferred stock, and 15 percent for the common stock. Using this information, answer the following question.

1. Calculate the value of each investment base on your required rate of return

Explanation / Answer

Bond Par $1,000.00 IR 7.625% Maturity 10 Price $ 986.00 Required Rate of Return 6.00% Value to You $1,120.88 Use a financial calculator to determine PV Note I assumed semi-annual pmts Preferred Stock Par $ 50.00 Dividend $ 2.81 Current Price $ 39.00 Required Rate of Return 7.00% Value to You $ 40.18 (given by $2.81/.07 as this is a perpetuity) Common Stock Price $ 80.00 Dividend $ 2.10 Latest EPS $ 4.48 EPS Growth Rate 13.30% (4.48/2.40)^(1/5)-1 EPS Payout Ratio 46.88% 2.10/4.48 Required Rate of Return 15.00% Stock Value to You $ 139.60 Using D1/(k-g), $4.48*(1+13.3%)*(46.88%)/(15%-13.3%)

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