Q#5

Mrs. Crawford will receive $9,000 a year for the next 20 years from her trust. UseAppendix Dfor an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods.

If a 11 percent interest rate is applied, what is the current value of the future payments?

Q#6

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Tom Cruise Lines Inc. issued bonds five years ago at $1,000 per bond. These bonds had a 20-year life when issued and the annual interest payment was then 13 percent. This return was in line with the required returns by bondholders at that point as described below: Real r'ate o-F return 3% Inflation premium 5 Risk premium 5 Total return 13% Assume that five years later the inflation premium is only 2 percent and is appropriately reflected in the required return (or yield to maturity) ofthe bonds. The bonds have 15 years remaining until maturity. Compute the new price of the bond. Use Appendix B and Appendix D for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places. Assume interest payments are annual.) New price of the bond