1. Future value: Larry James is planning to invest $25,000 today in a mutual fund that will provide a return of 0.09 each year. What will be the value of the investment in 10 years?
2. Chuck Brown will receive from his investment cash flows of $3,135, $3,500, and $3,800 at the end of years 1, 2 and 3 respectively. If he can earn 7.5 percent on any investment that he makes, what is the future value of his investment cash flows at the end of three years? (Round to the nearest dollar.)
3. Your brother has asked you to help him with choosing an investment. He has $6,800 to invest today for a period of two years. You identify a bank CD that pays an interest rate of 0.0400 annually with the interest being paid quarterly. What will be the value of the investment in two years? 4. You are evaluating a growing perpetuity product from a large financial services firm. The product promises an initial payment of $25,000 at the end of this year and subsequent payments that will thereafter grow at a rate of 0.04 annually. If you use a discount rate of 0.09 for investment products, what is the present value of this growing perpetuity?