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Chris Jenkins needs to borrow $4,000. First State Bank will lend her the money for 12 months through a single-payment loan at 8 percent, discount; Home Savings and Loan will make her a $4,000,
1. How much would Zoe (a) Receive in initial loan proceeds (b) Be required to repay at maturity under the Tennessee State Bank loan? 2. Compute (a) The finance charges (b) The APR on the loan
1. Using Exhibit 7.6 or a financial calculator, determine the required monthly payments if the loan is taken out at First National Bank of Arlington. 2. Compute (a) The finance charges (b) The APR
Katie Holt is a 72-year-old widow who has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. She has limited financial assets of her own and has been living with her daughter Laurie for two years. Her
Rudy Steele, 43, is a recently divorced father of two children, ages 9 and 7. He currently earns $95,000 a year as an operations manager for a utility company. The divorce settlement requires him to
Ramona and Pablo Valdez are a dual-career couple who just had their first child. Pablo age 29, already has a group life insurance policy, but Ramona's employer does not offer life insurance. A
1. Explain to Jun the differences between (a) A whole life policy, (b) A variable life policy, (c) A term life policy. 2. What are the major advantages and disadvantages of each type of policy? 3.
1. Assume that Darrell's gross annual income is $54,000 and Lena's is $64,000. Their insurance agent has given them a multiple earnings table showing that the earnings multiple to replace 75 percent
Answer the key questions posed to help you choose a plan, based on your current situation. What type of plan do you think will best suit your needs?
Choosing a health insurance plan. Joe and Whitney Alexander have two children, with ages of 6 years and 5 months. Their younger child, Nathan, was born with a congenital heart defect that will
John Chang was seriously injured in a snowboarding accident that broke both his legs and an arm. His medical expenses included five days of hospitalization at $900 a day, $6,200 in surgical fees,
Erika Willis, a recent college graduate, has decided to accept a job offer from a nonprofit organization. She'll earn $34,000 a year but will receive no employee health benefits. Erika estimates that
Ben West, a 35-year-old computer programmer, earns $72,000 a year. His monthly take-home pay is $3,750. His wife, Ashley, works part-time at their children's elementary school but receives no
1. Explain the policy provisions as they relate to deductibles, co-insurance, and internal limits. 2. How much should Walter recover from the insurance company? How much must he pay out of his own
1. How much, if any, additional disability income insurance does Luis require to ensure adequate protection against his becoming completely disabled? Use Worksheet 9.2 to assess his needs. 2. Does
Assume that Tina Walsh had a homeowner's insurance policy with $100,000 of coverage on the dwelling. Would a 90 percent co-insurance clause be better than an 80 percent clause in such a policy? Give
Last year, Brett and Amber Walsh bought a home with a dwelling replacement value of $250,000 and insured it (via an HO-5 policy) for $210,000. The policy reimburses for actual cash value and has a
Eva Stone's luxurious home in Georgetown, a neighborhood in Washington, DC, was recently gutted in a fire. Her living and dining rooms were destroyed completely, and the damaged personal property had
Tyler and Sherry Hughes, both graduate students, moved into an apartment near the university. Sherry wants to buy renter's insurance, but Fred thinks that they don't need it because their furniture
Personal automobile policy coverage. Marc Rose has a PAP with coverage of $25,000/$50,000 for bodily injury liability, $25,000 for property damage liability, $5,000 for medical payments, and a $500
Jose Ruiz is a single 40-year-old loan officer at large regional bank; he has a 16-year-old son. He has decided to use his annual bonus as a down payment on a new car. One Saturday afternoon in late
1. What forms of homeowner's insurance are available? Which forms should the Perkins consider? 2. What are the perils against which the home and its contents should be insured? 3. Discuss the types
Briefly discuss the relationship between investing and personal financial planning.
What are some products and services that you, as an individual investor, can now-obtain online?
Discuss the role of asset allocation in portfolio management.
Alison Conroy is a young career woman who's now employed as the managing editor of a well-known business journal. Although she thoroughly enjoys her job and the people she works with, what she would
Use Worksheet 11.2 to help Clayton and Julie Grover, a married couple in their early 40s, evaluate their securities portfolio, which includes these holdings. a. IBM. (NYSE; symbol IBM): 100 shares
Assume that the following quote for The Walt Disney Company, a NYSE stock, appeared on May 1, 2015 (Friday) on Yahoo! Finance (finance.yahoo.com/q?s=DIS&ql=1): Given this information, answer the
Suppose Gary Hooker places an order to buy 100 shares of The Gap. Explain how the order will be processed if it's a market order. Would it make any difference if it had been a limit order? Explain.
Claire Gerber wants to buy 300 shares of Google, which is currently selling in the market for $537.34 a share. Rather than liquidate all her savings, she decides to borrow through her broker. Assume
Given that Hometown Care, Inc.'s stock is currently selling for $40 a share, calculate the amount of money that Calvin Haskins will make (or lose) on each of the following transactions. Assume that
1. Use Worksheet 11.1 to determine whether the Woodsons have enough money right now to meet their children's educational needs. That is, will the $45,000 they've accumulated so far be enough to put
1. Use a form like Worksheet 11.2 to prepare a complete inventory of Russ's investment holdings. 2. What is your overall assessment of Russ's investment portfolio? Does it appear that his personal
Go to the asset allocation tool provided at the following internet site: www.ipers.org/calcs/AssetAllocator.html. Enter assumptions that fit your current and anticipated situation and produce an
Calculating key financial ratios. Selected financial information about Backpacking Resources, Inc., is as follows: Total assets.................................................$20,000,000 Total
Calculating expected return on investment. An investor is thinking about buying some shares of Health Monitoring, Inc., at $75 a share. She expects the price of the stock to rise to $115 a share
The Morton Company recently reported net profits after taxes of $15.8 million. It has 2.5 million shares of common stock outstanding and pays preferred dividends of $1 million a year. The company's
The price of Green Mountain Homes, Inc. is now $85. The company pays no dividends. Sean Perth expects the price four years from now to be $125 a share. Should Sean buy Garden Designs if he wants a 15
What's an asset allocation fund? How do these funds differ from other types of mutual funds?
If growth, income, and capital preservation are the primary objectives of mutual funds, why do we bother to categorize them by type?
What are automatic reinvestment plans, and how do they differ from automatic investment plans?
What are the most common reasons for buying mutual funds?
Briefly describe the steps in the mutual fund selection process.
Who are the key players in a typical mutual fund organization?
What's the difference between a load fund and a no-load fund?
What's an international fund, and how does it differ from a global fund?
What is the difference between a profit-sharing plan and a salary reduction, or 401(k), plan?
Which one of the annuity distribution procedures will result in the highest monthly benefit payment?
Which type of contract (fixed or variable) might be most suitable for someone who wants a minimum amount of risk exposure?
What are the most important sources of retirement income?
Marisa Gale, a 25-year-old personal loan officer at Second National Bank, understands the importance of starting early when it comes to saving for retirement. She has designated $3,000 per year for
Clint Crandall is in his early 30s and is thinking about opening an IRA. He can't decide whether to open a traditional/deductible IRA or a Roth IRA, so he turns to you for help. a. To support your
Use Worksheet 14.1 to assist Tara Easley with her retirement planning needs. She plans to retire in 15 years, and her current household expenditures run about $50,000 per year. Tara estimates that
Ellen Honeycut has just graduated from college and is considering job offers from two companies. Although the salary and insurance benefits are similar, the retirement programs are not. One firm
Brad Shin is an operations manager for a large manufacturer. He earned $68,500 in 2012and plans to contribute the maximum allowed to the firm's 401(k) plan. Assuming that Brad is in the 25 percent
1. After taking into account the income that Maria will receive from Social Security and her company-sponsored pension plan, the financial planner has estimated that her investment assets will need
Describe and discuss each of the techniques used in estate planning.
Darrell and Karla Boykin are in their mid-30s and have two children, ages 8 and 5. They have combined annual income of $95,000 and own a house in joint tenancy with a market value of $310,000, on
Prepare a basic will for yourself, using the guidelines presented in the text; also prepare your brief letter of last instructions.
Griffin West, 48 and a widower, and Hailey Burnette, 44 and previously divorced, were married five years ago. There are children from their prior marriages, two children for Griffin and one child
When Jacob Kohler died unmarried in 2015 he left an estate valued at $7,850,000. His trust directed distribution as follows: $20,000 to local hospital, $160,000 to his alma mater, and the remainder
1. Does Carsten really need a will? Explain why or why not? What would happen to his estate if he were to die without a will? 2. Explain to Carsten the common features that need to be
Go to the BEA website at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/intinv / intinvnewsrelease.htm and download annual data starting in 1976 on the United States' end-of-year international investment
The interest rate on U.S. three-month Treasury bills dropped to very low levels at the end of 2008 and remained there for several years. Starting in January 2009 and ending in December 2013, find
The chapter explained why exporters cheer when their home currency depreciates. At the same time, domestic consumers find that they pay higher prices, so they should be disappointed when the currency
As defined in footnote 3, cross exchange rates are exchange rates quoted against currencies other than the U.S. dollar. If you return to Table 3-1, you will notice that it lists not only exchange
Table 3-1 reports exchange rates not only against the US dollar, but also against the euro and the pound sterling. (Each row gives the price of the dollar, euro, and pound, respectively, in terms of
Since 1942, the small country of Panama has had no paper currency other than the United States dollar, which circulates freely internally. What would you expect to be true about the inflation rate in
In 1984 and 1985, the small Latin American country of Bolivia experienced hyperinflation. Below are some key macroeconomic data from those years:a. Do the money supply, price level, and exchange rate
Below is a table of some inflation targeting countries and the years in which they adopted the practice: Country Year of adoption New
Suppose residents of the U.S. consume relatively more of U.S. export goods than residents of foreign countries. In other words, U.S. export goods have a higher weight in the U.S. CPI than they do in
The Economist magazine has observed that the price of Big Macs is systematically positively related to a country's income level, just as is the general price level (recall the box on pages 125-127).
Continuing with the preceding problem, discuss how the transfer would affect the long-run nominal exchange rate between the two currencies.
How does the DD schedule shift if there is a decline in investment demand?
Consider the following linear version of the AA-DD model in the text: Consumption is given by C = (1 - s)Y and the current account balance is given by CA = aE - mY. (In macroeconomics textbooks, s is
Recall our discussion of the Swiss franc's currency floor in the box. Also, recall the last chapter's discussion of the liquidity trap. Because Switzerland has been in a liquidity trap all the time
Again returning to the case of the Swiss franc currency floor, with Swiss interest rates at zero, what do you think would happen if currency speculators expected the Swiss franc to appreciate by more
In the box on New Zealand, we derived an equation showing how the IIP changes over time: IIPt+ 1 = 11 + r2IIPt + NXt. Show that if g = (GDPt + 1 - GDPt) > GDPt is the growth rate of nominal output
Banks are not happy when regulators force them to raise the ratio of capital to total assets: they argue that this reduces their potential profits. When a bank borrows more in order to purchase more
If you return to Figure 9-4, you will notice that London Eurodollar interest rates tend to exceed U.S. certificate of deposit rates after the global financial crisis, but not before. Why do you think
The text points out that covered interest parity holds quite closely for deposits of differing currency denominations issued in a single financial center. Why might covered interest parity fail to
Go to the IMF website at www.imf.org and find the World Economic Outlook database; then download data on the current account balance (as a percent of GDP) for Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and
Suppose it is possible for a country to leave the euro zone and begin printing its own currency. Suppose also that there is some point at which the ECB (perhaps it is worried about financial losses)
In the spring of 2013 Cyprus followed Greece, Ireland, and Portugal in agreeing to an emergency loan from the troika of the EU, ECB, and IMF. The cause was big losses in the Cypriot banking system.
Suppose the production function for aggregate output in the United States is the same as in India, Y = AKαL1-α, where A is a total productivity factor, K is the capital stock, and L is the supply
Given output, a country can improve its current account by cutting either investment or consumption (private or government). After the debt crisis of the 1980s began, many developing countries
What steps should we take in developing our financial plan?
What are some common sources of financial planning information?
Why should you re-evaluate your actions after making personal financial decisions?
How does your life situation affect your financial goals?
How might the uncertainty of inflation make personal financial planning difficult?
Identify some common actions taken to achieve financial goals.
1. How did Karen benefit from her parents' advice and her own financial planning?2. What decisions does Karen need to make regarding her future?3. How could various personal and economic factors
Using time value of money tables, calculate the following:a. The future value of $450 six years from now at 7 percent.b. The future value of $800 saved each year for 10 years at 8 percent.c. The
1. What actions have the Blakes taken that would be considered to be wise financial planning choices?2. What areas of financial concern do the Blakes face? What actions might be appropriate to
1. What would Ben and Yolanda learn by sorting their expenses into various categories? What categories should they use?2. How can knowing where the money goes help Ben and Yolanda plan their
Based on the procedures presented in the chapter, prepare your current personal balance sheet and a cash flow statement for the next month.
Based on the following data, compute the total assets, total liabilities, and net worth. Liquid assets, $3,670 Investment assets, $8,340 Current liabilities, $2,670 Household assets,
Use the following data and calculate the total assets, total liabilities and the net worth. Stock Investments = $1800 Credit card balance = $500 Jewellery = $1000 House furniture = $800 Consumer
Use the following items to prepare a balance sheet and a cash flow statement. Determine the total assets, total liabilities, net worth, total cash inflows, and total cash outflows.
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