(i) The City of Atlanta makes quarterly pension payments of $12000 per retiree to its 200...

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(i) The City of Atlanta makes quarterly pension payments of $12000 per retiree to its 200 retirees. Next payments are due three months from now. Three months after the payments, the per-retiree payment will grow at an annualized rate of 2%. The annualized discount rate is 4%. How much should the City of Atlanta put aside now, in order to be fully funded? Answer: (j) A stock costs 50 today, and a one-year zero-coupon bond costs 90 today. After one year, the stock pays 75 in Boom, and 35 in Bust. The bond is riskless and has a face value of 100 If you buy one stock and one bond today, what is your realized rate of return after one year, in Boom? Answer: (i) The City of Atlanta makes quarterly pension payments of $12000 per retiree to its 200 retirees. Next payments are due three months from now. Three months after the payments, the per-retiree payment will grow at an annualized rate of 2%. The annualized discount rate is 4%. How much should the City of Atlanta put aside now, in order to be fully funded? Answer: (j) A stock costs 50 today, and a one-year zero-coupon bond costs 90 today. After one year, the stock pays 75 in Boom, and 35 in Bust. The bond is riskless and has a face value of 100 If you buy one stock and one bond today, what is your realized rate of return after one year, in Boom? Answer:

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