FIN 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: British Rail Class 37, Time Preference, Opportunity Cost

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*we skip all the financial table applications for solving problems; use calculators only. Investing in financial or real assets means giving up consumption until later. Positive time preference for consumption must be offset by adequate return. Time value of money has nothing primarily to do with inflation. Inflation expectations affect required rate of return, but. *the money you hold today is worth more than the money you will receive in the future. Suppose you have today and plan to put it in a bank account that earns 8% per year. How much will you have after one year: , , , none of the above, impossible to determine. The estimated value the asset will have at any point in the future. Interest earned on interest and the original principal amount. Year beginning balance x (1+ interest rate) = ending balance.

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QUESTION 1 The time value of money refers to the issue of: A. what the value of the stream of future cash flows is today. B. why a dollar received tomorrow is worth more than a dollar received today. C. what the time required to double an amount of money. D. why people prefer to consume things at some time in the future rather than today.

QUESTION 2 The process of converting an amount given at the present time into a future value is called: A. annualizing. B. discounting. C. compounding. D. capital budgeting. 2 points

QUESTION 3 Juan Vinson is planning to buy a house in five years. He is looking to invest $25,000 today in an index mutual fund that will provide him a return of 12 percent annually. How much will he have at the end of five years? (Round to the nearest dollar.) A. $45,000 B. $28,000 C. $44,059 D. $28,530 2 points

QUESTION 4 Which of the following statements is true with respect to the present value of a future amount? A. The higher the discount rate, the higher the present value of a single sum for a given time period. B. The relation between present value and time is exponential. C. The greater the time period, the higher the present value of a single sum for a given interest rate. D. The lower the discount rate, the lower the present value of a single sum for a given time period. 2 points

QUESTION 5 Which of the following statements is true of the rule of 72? A. It can be used to determine the amount of time it takes to double an investment. B. It is fairly accurate for interest rates between 25 and 50 percent. C. It states that the time to double your money (TDM) approximately equals 72/i, where i represents the years it takes to double your investment. D. It can be used to estimate approximate compound interest earned for a period of 72 days. 2 points

QUESTION 6 The present value of future cash flows are computed by multiplying future value with the: A. discounting factor. B. compound factor. C. interest rate. D. number of periods. 2 points

QUESTION 7 The present value of multiple cash flows is: A. greater than the sum of the cash flows. B. equal to the sum of all the cash flows. C. less than the sum of the cash flows. D. higher or lower than the cash flows depending on the interest rate. 2 points

QUESTION 8 Cash flows associated with annuities are considered to be: A. an uneven cash flow stream. B. a constant cash flow stream. C. a mix of constant and uneven cash flow streams. D. a cash flow stream with decreasing trend. 2 points

QUESTION 9 The annuity transformation method is used to transform: A. a present value annuity to a future value annuity. B. a present value annuity to an annuity due. C. an ordinary annuity to an annuity due. D. a perpetuity to an annuity. 2 points

QUESTION 10 The true cost of borrowing is the: A. annual percentage rate. B. effective annual rate. C. quoted interest rate. D. periodic rate.

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