Andahl Corporation stock, of which you own 500 shares, will pay a \($2-per-share\) dividend one year from today. Two years from now Andahl will close its doors; stockholders will receive liquidating dividends of \($17.5375\) per share. The required rate of return on Andahl stock is 15 percent.

a. What is the current price of Andahl stock?

b. You prefer to receive equal amounts of money in each of the next two years. How will you accomplish this?