You have accumulated $55,000 in a mutual fund account that pays 10% interest. You are offered the
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You have accumulated $55,000 in a mutual fund account that pays 10% interest. You are offered the opportunity to buy 220 ounces of gold at $250 per ounce. The price of gold is expected to rise to $650 per ounce by the end of five years. You realize, however, that this is only an estimate.
To what price would gold have to rise in order to earn a 10% return? (Note that the future value factor for $55,000 at 10% at the end of five years is l.6105.)
Future value (FV) is the value of a current asset at a future date based on an assumed rate of growth. The future value (FV) is important to investors and financial planners as they use it to estimate how much an investment made today will be worth...
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Accounting concepts and applications
ISBN: 978-0538745482
11th Edition
Authors: Albrecht Stice, Stice Swain
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