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After deciding to get a new car, you can either lease the car or purchase it with a three-year loan. The car you wish to buy costs $38,000. The dealer has a special leasing arrangement where you pay $2,500 today and $425 per month for the next three years. If you purchase the car, you will pay it off in monthly payments over the next three years at an APR of 3.8 percent, compounded monthly. You believe that you will be able to sell the car for $24,500 in three years. Should you buy or lease the car? What break-even resale price in three years would make you indifferent between buying and leasing?

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A dealer in the securities market is an individual or firm who stands ready and willing to buy a security for its own account (at its bid price) or sell from its own account (at its ask price). A dealer seeks to profit from the spread between the...
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Corporate Finance Core Principles and Applications

ISBN: 978-1259289903

5th edition

Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford Jordan

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