Exam 5: The Time Value of Money

Jameson Insurance invests $100,000 for five years in a guaranteed investment certificate that pays 4% interest compounded quarterly. How much interest will Jameson earn over that period?

If the principal of a bank loan is $20,000, the interest rate is 9% compounded annually and the maturity date is in 10 years, what would the total payment be if none of the principal was paid back before the maturity date?

Debentures are

2,500 bonds with a term of five years, and a coupon rate of 7%, compounded annually, with payments once a year, and a face value of $1000, were issued November 1. What is the total amount that the company will have paid out at the bonds maturity?

The Board of Directors of Peterson Enterprises wishes to fire the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As part of the settlement, the company will give the CFO a check equivalent to three years worth of salary. In calculating what the future salary will be worth today, the Directors are

In three years time, the Company estimates that they will need $10 million to build and equip a new plant. To achieve this target amount with a one-time investment today, how much cash would the company have to invest if the return is 12% compounded annually?

Magenta Oil and Gas Exploration Inc. is issuing a $25 million, 10% bonds to partially finance a refining facility. There are no assets pledged against it for security. This type of financing is called a/an

A large Ontario municipality signed a four-year lease on paving equipment where payments of $71,698 are made at the beginning of each year with an interest rate of 10% per year, compounded annually. By the end of the contract, what will be the total cost to the city?

Another phrase for fair value of a bond is

Ambidex is considering a bank loan of $1,800,000 to update its information system technology. It is expecting to finance the loan over five years, with annual payments, at an interest rate of 12%, compounded annually. Which of the following would provide the least cost alternative to Ambidex?

Millennium Laboratories can license one of its patented pharmaceutical products to a Japanese company for a five-year period. Millennium would like to insure that the fee it charges to the Japanese company will return no less than what the company projects it could have made had it marketed the product itself. Millennium believes it could have achieved a minimum of $400,000 in the first year, $10,500,000 in the second year, and $50 million, $65 million and $65 million at the end of each year. Given that interest rates are at 9%, what fee paid at the beginning of each year, should Millennium charge?

What payment does Nick Huntley have to make monthly to a savings fund that returns 8%, compounded quarterly, if he wishes to buy out his partner when she retires in 3 years and his partner expects to receive $100,000 for her shares in their business?

PT&T Inc. has signed a lease for a manufacturing facility and will make a $123,552 payment twice a year at the beginning of each period for 10 years. If the interest being charged is 14%, what is the total amount of interest PT&T will pay by the end of the contract?

The Export Development Corp. (EDC) offered a $500,000 startup loan to qualifying entrepreneurs. For year one of the loan, it was interest and payment free. Subsequently, there was a two-year period where interest only payments were made at the end of each year. In Year 4, both interest and principal payments were made. The loan had to be repaid at the end of Year 8. If the interest rate charged in years 2 through 8 remained at 8% compounded annually, what was the total interest paid on the entire EDC loan.

What is the maximum price XL Satellites can pay for a machine that is expected to produce marginal revenues of $20,000, $25,000, $30,000, $35,000, and $40,000 at the end of each year for five years if the interest rate is 10%?

As a bond approaches within weeks of its maturity date, its market price

When Pickton Furniture offers customers two years to pay for a $4,500 bedroom suite, it uses an implicit interest rate of 16%. Furniture paid in cash is priced net of financing. How much would a couple save if they borrowed against their credit line so they could pay cash for the suite and then paid off the line in a lump sum at the end of two years? The credit line carries an interest rate of 9% per year compounded annually.

What is the maximum price Genome Inc. can pay for a machine that is expected to produce marginal revenues of $20,000, $25,000, $30,000, $35,000, and $40,000 at the beginning of each year for five years if the interest rate is 10%?

An accelerated monthly mortgage is one where the payments are made at the beginning of the month. This form of payment is called

Which of the following best describes the financial loss involved in choosing a less profitable option?