Four years ago Jonathan had started his saving for his dream holiday in Hawai by putting a lump sum of $20,000 into an investment portfolio. The portfolio has been paying a rate of returns of 11.5% per year, compounding weekly.

Required:

1. Calculate how much money has Jonathan accumulated by his investment portfolio now? (3 marks)

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2. If the rate of return for this portfolio is only 10% per year, compounding monthly and Jonathan had obtained the same investment outcome after four years, how much should he have put in his initial investment? (4 marks)

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3. If Jonathan would like to have totally $50,000 for his dream holiday and moves all the saving accumulated from current portfolio to another instrument that pays the interest rate of 15.5% per year, compounding annually. How long will it take for Johnathan to reach his target of $50,000 ? (4 marks)