You will receive $9,000 three years from now. The discount rate is 13 percent.
a. What is the value of your investment two years from now? Multiply $9,000 × .885 (one year’s discount rate at 13 percent). (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
b. What is the value of your investment one year from now? Multiply your rounded answer to part a by .885 (one year’s discount rate at 13 percent). (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
c. What is the value of your investment today? Multiply your rounded answer to part b by .885 (one year’s discount rate at 13 percent). (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Les Moore retired as president of Goodman Snack Foods Company but is currently on a consulting contract for $47,000 per year for the next 12 years. Use Appendix B and Appendix D for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods.
a. If Mr. Moore’s opportunity cost (potential return) is 9 percent, what is the present value of his consulting contract? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)
b. Assuming Mr. Moore will not retire for two more years and will not start to receive his 12 payments until the end of the third year, what would be the value of his deferred annuity? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)