1) An investment offers $7100 per year for 24 years, with the first payment occurring 1 year from now. If the required return is 14 percent, what is the value of the investment?
2) An investment offers $4200 per year for 14 years, with the first payment occurring 7 years from now. If the required return is 10 percent, what is the value of the investment? (HINT: Remember that when you calculate the PV of the annuity, the claculator gives you the present value of the annuity 1 period before the annuity starts. So if the annuity starts in year 7, that calculator will to give you the persent value of annuity in year 6. Now you have to bring this number to period 0 by inputting: N=6 (1 period before the annuity starts, in your case it would be a different number depending when your annuity starts) R=10 FV=Present value of annuity you found in step 1. And you solve for PV)
3) You plan to retire in 20 years. You are debating whether to deposit $53000 into an account earning 6 percent annually today or waiting 9 years before making the deposit. How much more will be in the account when you retire in 20 years if you make the deposit today as opposed to waiting 9 years to make the first deposit?