Mr. Moore was thinking of taking a vacation and going to the Sun Highway in Glacier National Park - located in northwestern Montana - since it is one of the most spectacular drives in North America. Unfortunately he found out from some relatives in the area that the road needs to be resurfaced due to many harsh winters. Him being the finance wizard that he is, he was thinkint about how the state would finance such a project with bonds. If the State of Montana has decided to sell state bonds to cover the needed repairs, A Montana state savings bond can be converted to $100 at maturity six years from purchase. If the state bonds are to be competitive with U.S. savings bonds, which pay 8% annual interest (compounded annually), at what price must Montana sell its bonds? (Assume no cash payments on savings bonds prior to redemption.)

Mr. Moore is thinking about how much the return of Apple stock could be given it's beta of 1.11 for a possible investment he wants to make. Other data you have collected: the rate of return on 90 day T-Bills is 1.5%, on 5 year T-Notes it 3% and on the "long bond", the 30-year T- Bond = 6.5%. The Prime is 6%, LIBOR is 5.5% and the average return on the overall stock market is estimated to be 8%.After doing some research and crunching the numbers what would Mr. Moore expect the rate of return on Apple's stock to be?Hint: note that term "beta" - there's a classic formula that uses "beta"!

Mr. Moore plans on replacing and/or upgrading the furniture, fixtures and machinery (stoves, refrigerators, AC, etc) in 10 years when its expected to wear out at the end of its useful life. The estimated replacement cost is $350,000. How much must the company save each year at 3% to accumulate enough to replace the machine? (Hint: Switch mental gears to TVM?)