Question 1   Score 
Joice has saved $5,000 that will be a down payment on a new car that can be purchased for $38,000.   
aThe loan to finance this will have a rate of 7.125% APR compounded monthly.  What will the monthly payments on the car be if the loan is for 4 years??
bHow long would it take to pay off the loan if she would pay $1,000 monthly?
cJoice has been offered a lease for this car with payments of $600 a month for 5 years. There would not be any down payment.  As happens with leases, she would essentially receive the full value of the car today and she would return the car to the dealer at the end of the lease (essentially paying out the value of the car at that time).  The value of this car in 5 years, with no damage or excessive mileage, is expected to be $12,000. What APR with monthly compounding would she be paying?

 

Question 2   Score 
Tony has decided to make a $500 monthly investment in a retirement fund.  The three funds in which he is interested all pay 2.00% APR but with different compounding frequencies..  How much will Tony accumulate in 30 years for each of the three investment alternatives? 
aInterest of 2.00% APR compounded weekly (52 times per year)
bInterest of 2.00% APR compounded monthly (12 times per year)
cInterest of 2.00% APR  compounded annually (1 time per year)  

 

Question 3   Score 
Peter has won $250,000 in a lottery that he is going to invest.  He has narrowed down his search to three funds that each have different stated rates.  How much will Peter accumulate in 30 years for each of the three investment alternatives?
a6.15% APR with monthly compounding    
b0.50% monthly PIR    
c6.25% EAR    
Question 4   Score 
Jackson is considering whether to invest monthly, quarterly or annually in a fund that earns 7% APR with monthly compounding.  How much will Jackson accumulate in 30 years for each of the three investment alternatives shown below? Assume that months are equal in length and that there is no initial deposit in year 0.
 Years30    
 APR7.00%Monthly Compounding  
       
 Alternative Payments   
 aMonthly$500   
 bQuarterly$1,500   
 cAnnually$6,000   

 

Question 5   Score 
Cheapskate used car dealer offers the following automobile finance opportunity.  Monthly payments on the loan are 3% of the loan amount for 36 months.  The loan amount is after any down payment.  In addition the loan will require a $1,500 up front loan processing fee that is not included in the loan. 
aFor a loan of $20,000, what is the APR with monthly compounding without the up front fee?
bFor a loan of $20,000, what is the APR with monthly compounding with the inclusion of the up front fee?

 

Question 6   Score 
Michael has developed a financial retirement strategy.  His plan is to invest in somewhat risky stocks for 15 years and then move everything to low risk bonds for the retirement years as described below.    
Michael presently has $250,000 in a retirement account that will be invested in a stock fund that has historically earned 12% annually (EAR) with no dividends.  The plan is to add an additional $25,000 to the fund at the beginning of each of the upcoming 15 years.  
When he retires, he will reinvest the stock fund in a tax-free municipal bonds and live on the coupons only that have a coupon rate of 2.5% paid semi-annually.    (the bonds will be donated to charity upon his death).
How much will Michael receive semi-annually during retirement? 

 

Question 7   Score 
Max is starting a new company with an investment of $500,000.  He expects sales to grow arithmetically by $100,000 a year for five years, with sales in year 1 being $100,000, year 2 $200,000, etc.. Then for years 6-10 sales are forecast to grow geometrically at a rate of 30% per year (year 6 sales grow 30% over year 5, year 7 30% over year 6, etc.)  
At the end of each year, for years 1-10, Max expects profits to be al least  10% of the sales each year and he will invest 10% of profits in a fund that earns 6% APR compounded monthly.
aWhat will be the value of the invested funds in year 10?
bDid the 10 years of profits cover her initial investment?
Question 8   Score   
The Marketing, Inc. has collected the following data for the past year.  Prepare a formal income statement that contains the relevant subtotals.  Show values in whole dollars (no cents).  Assume that no taxes are due on asset purchases or sales.     
Data BlockBeginning of yearDuring YearEnd of year    
 Cash On Hand$330,500      
 Quantity Sold 45,200     
 Quantity Produced 38,000     
 Sales Price $54.00     
 Cost per unit to produce $24.50     
 Staff Expenses $424,600     
 Facility Expenses $387,200     
 Asset Sale $1,575,300     
 Asset Purchase $2,204,000     
 Tax rate 20%     
 Inventory$57,000 $24,000    
 Accounts Receivable$74,000 $38,000    
 Accounts Payable$68,000 $62,000    
 Depreciation $48,000     
 Interest Paid on Loan $46,000     
 Loan Principle payment $125,000     
 Dividends $128,000  
         

 

Question 9   Score   
Prepare a cash flow statement using the following data.    Assume that no taxes are due on asset purchases or sales.  Prepare a formal cash flow statement that contains the relevant subtotals.   Show values in whole dollars (no cents). 
Data BlockBeginning of yearDuring YearEnd of year    
 Cash $630,600      
 Net Income$1,200,000      
 Staff Expenses $724,600     
 Facility Expenses $887,200     
 Asset Sale $156,530     
 Asset Purchase $1,240,400     
 Tax rate 22.5%     
 Inventory$87,000 $84,000    
 Accounts Receivable$73,000 $78,000    
 Accounts Payable$78,000 $75,000    
 Depreciation $89,500     
 Interest Paid on Loan $76,000     
 Loan Principle payment $50,000     
 Dividends Paid $200,000     
Question 10
 Nina and Noah have started a small business that seems to be thriving.   Friends have suggested that they should consider legally organizing as something other than the present proprietorship.  They are asking for your advice via email (you do not know them).  Compose up to five questions and state the purpose of each question that could be used to collect information about Nina and Noah and their business that is relevant to making a recommendation on how they should legally organize their business. 
 Answer below using approximately 50 words per question)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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