Exam 4: Time Value of Money: Valuing Cash Flow Streams

Matthew wants to take out a loan to buy a car. He calculates that he can make repayments of $5000 per year. If he can get a four-year loan with an interest rate of 7.9%, what is the maximum price he can pay for the car?

A lottery winner will receive $6 million at the end of each of the next twelve years. What is the future value (FV) of her winnings at the time of her final payment, given that the interest rate is 8.6% per year?

Which of the following investments has a higher present value, assuming the same (strictly positive) interest rate applies to both investments?

Since your first birthday, your grandparents have been depositing $1200 into a savings account on every one of your birthdays. The account pays 6% interest annually. Immediately after your grandparents make the deposit on your 18th birthday, the amount of money in your savings account will be closest to ________.

A perpetuity has a PV of $20,000. If the interest rate is 6%, how much will the perpetuity pay every year?

A rich donor gives a hospital $1,040,000 one year from today. Each year after that, the hospital will receive a payment 6% larger than the previous payment, with the last payment occurring in ten years' time. What is the present value (PV) of this donation, given that the interest rate is 11%?

How do you calculate (mathematically) the present value (PV) of a(n): (a) perpetuity (b) annuity (c) growing perpetuity (d) growing annuity

Joe just inherited the family business, and having no desire to run the family business, he has decided to sell it to an entrepreneur. In exchange for the family business, Joe has been offered an immediate payment of $100,000. Joe will also receive payments of $50,000 in one year, $50,000 in two years, and $75,000 in three years. The current market rate of interest for Joe is 6%. In terms of present value (PV), how much will Joe receive for selling the family business?

What is the present value (PV) of an investment that will pay $500 in one year's time, and $500 every year after that, when the interest rate is 10%?

You are thinking about investing in a mine that will produce $10,000 worth of ore in the first year. As the ore closest to the surface is removed it will become more difficult to extract the ore. Therefore, the value of the ore that you mine will decline at a rate of 7% per year forever. If the appropriate interest rate is 3%, then the value of this mining operation is closest to ________.

Which of the following statements regarding perpetuities is FALSE?

A growing perpetuity, where the rate of growth is greater than the discount rate, will have an infinitely large present value (PV).

Which of the following statements regarding growing perpetuities is FALSE?

A business promises to pay the investor of $6000 today for a payment of $1500 in one year's time, $3000 in two years' time, and $3000 in three years' time. What is the present value of this business opportunity if the interest rate is 6% per year?

How do the growth perpetuity results differ with negative and positive growths of similar magnitude assuming everything else remains unchanged?

Investment X and Investment Y are both growing perpetuities with initial cash flow of $100. Both investments have the same interest rate (r) and cash flows. The present value of Investment X is $5,000, while the present value of Investment Y is $4,000. Which of the following is true?

Consider the following timeline detailing a stream of cash flows: If the current market rate of interest is 8%, then the present value (PV) of this stream of cash flows is closest to ________.

An annuity pays $13 per year for 53 years. What is the future value (FV) of this annuity at the end of that 53 years given that the discount rate is 9%?

A businessman wants to buy a truck. The dealer offers to sell the truck for either $120,000 now, or six yearly payments of $25,000. Which of the following is closest to the interest rate being offered by the dealer?

If $8000 is invested in a certain business at the start of the year, the investor will receive $2400 at the end of each of the next four years. What is the present value of this business opportunity if the interest rate is 6% per year?