MICRO-CASES-S38,204P10

Requirement-A. A firm has identified three non-divisible feasible projects: Project-S requires $50,861 investment now to generate $61,444 next year; Project-T requires $28,687 investment now to generate $33,075 next year; and Project-D requires $20,386 investment now to generate $30,424 next year. The average expected rate of return from the market is 17%. From its initial endowment of $83,735, the manager of the firm wants to invest in projects reasonably to maximise wealth. If Ron owns 58% shares of the firm, how much dividend would be expected by Ron in the next period based on the Two-Period Perfect Certainty model? <1 mark>

Requirement-B. Under the scholarship program of EduHelp, each successful student applicant will receive an allowance of $232.9 at the beginning of each month for 5 years. The EduHelp is working now for its next scholarship program that will start paying monthly allowance after 13 months from now. The interest rate is 9.6 percent per annum, compounded monthly. How much money is required to be invested by EduHelp today for each successful application so that there will be a required amount of funds at the beginning of the scholarship period? <1 mark>

Requirement-C. A loan amount of $38,204 will be due after 8 years. John has a deposit plan to deposit $5,972 at the beginning of each year for the next 8 years. If the deposit generates 10% interest compounded monthly, find the deficit or surplus amount from this deposit plan to repay the total loan amount after 8 years. <1 mark>