1. You have a credit card with a balance of $18,000. The annual interest rate on the card is 18% compounded monthly, and the minimum payment is $400 per month. If you pay only the minimum payment each month and do not make any new charges on the card, how many years will it take for you to pay off the $18,000 balance?
2. You are considering purchasing common stock in AMZ Corporation. You anticipate that the company will pay dividends of $5.00 per share next year and $7.50 per share in the following year. You also believe that you can sell the common stock two years from now for $30.00 per share. If you require a 14% rate of return on this investment, what is the maximum price that you would be willing to pay for a share of AMZ common stock?
3. You have decided to invest $500 in a mutual fund today and make $500 end-of-the-year investments in the fund each year until you retire for 40 years. Assuming an opportunity cost of 12%, what do you estimate that you will have in this account at retirement?
4. You are planning to deposit $10,000 today into a bank account. Five years from today you expect to withdraw $7,500. If the account pays 5% interest per year, how much will remain in the account eight years from today?
5. You have borrowed $70,000 to buy a speed boat. You plan to make monthly payments over a 15-year period. The bank has offered you a 9% interest rate, compounded monthly. Create an amortization schedule for the first two months of the loan.