8. Mr. Toriop owns 5000 shares of stock in Yummy Corporation. The company has announced that it will pay a dividend of $5 per share in one year and then a liquidating dividend of $50 per share in two years. The required return on ABC stock is 10%. (21 marks)

a. What is the current share price of your stock? (1 mark)

PV of share price = 5/1.10 + 50/1.10^2 = 45.87

b. What will be the companys share price in one year? (1 mark)

PV in 1 year = 50/1.10 = 45.45

c. Mr. Toriop wishes to have equal amount of dividend income for the next two years. How can he use homemade leverage on Yummy Corporations dividends to achieve this goal? Check that the present value of the cash flows will be the same as they are before the homemade leverage. (Hint: Dividends will be in the form of an annuity.) (8 marks)

d. Suppose Mr. Toriop is thinking about buying a house for $220,000 in one year. How can he use homemade leverage on Yummy Corporations dividends to achieve this goal? Check that the present value of the cash flows will be the same as they are before the homemade leverage. (5 marks)

e. Suppose Mr. Toriop is thinking about postponing the house purchase for two years, by which time the price of the house will have increased by $35,000. How can he use homemade leverage on Yummy Corporations dividends to achieve this goal? Check that the present value of the cash flows will be the same as they are before the homemade leverage. (6 marks)