Q1. An investment offers $100 per year forever. If Peter Wallace’s required rate of return on this investment is 10%, how much is this investment worth to him? A) $1,000. B) $10,000. C) $500. Q2. Compute the present value of a perpetuity with $100 payments beginning four years from now. Assume the appropriate annual interest rate is 10%. A) $683. B) $751. C) $1000. Q3. Nortel Industries has a preferred stock outstanding that pays (fixed) annual dividends of $3.75 a share. If an investor wants to earn a rate of return of 8.5%, how much should he be willing to pay for a share of Nortel preferred stock? A) $31.88. B) $44.12. C) $42.10. Q4. Given investors require an annual return of 12.5%, a perpetual bond (i.e., a bond with no maturity/due date) that pays $87.50 a year in interest should be valued at:A) $70. B) $1,093. C) $700.
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