You have won the lottery. You will receive $5,500,000 today, and then receive 40 payments of $1,900,000.

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You have won the lottery. You will receive $5,500,000 today, and then receive 40 payments of $1,900,000. These payments will start one year from now and will be paid every six months. A representative from Greenleaf Investments has offered to purchase all the payments from you for $35 million. If the appropriate discount rate is an APR of 9 percent compounded daily, should you take the offer? Assume there are 12 months in a year, each with 30 days.

Discount Rate
Depending upon the context, the discount rate has two different definitions and usages. First, the discount rate refers to the interest rate charged to the commercial banks and other financial institutions for the loans they take from the Federal...
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Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-1259918940

12th edition

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

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