You have finally saved? $10,000 and are ready to make your first investment. You have the three following alternatives for investing that? money:
A Microsoft bond with a par value of $1,000 that pays8.75 percent on its par value in? interest, sells for ?$1,203.06?, and matures in 18 years.
Southwest Bancorp preferred stock paying a dividend of ?$3.253.25 and selling for $22.69.
Emerson Electric common stock selling for $55.55?, with a par value of? $5. The stock recently paid a $1.04 ?dividend, and the? firm's earnings per share has increased from $2.22 to $3.88 in the past 5 years. The firm expects to grow at the same rate for the foreseeable future.
Your required rates of return for these investments are 5.00 percent for the? bond, 12.50 percent for the preferred?stock, and 14.00 percent for the common stock. Using this? information, answer the following questions.
a. Calculate the value of each investment based on your required rate of return.
b. Which investment would you? select? Why?
c. Assume Emerson? Electric's managers expect an earnings to grew at 22 percent above the historical growth rate. How does this affect your answers to parts (a?) and (b?)?
d. What required rates of return would make you indifferent to all three? options?