Question: Not only does Bill Smith need to start saving for his retirement, he just realized he has no savings for his daughter to attend college.

Not only does Bill Smith need to start saving for his retirement, he just realized he has no savings for his daughter to attend college. Assume the following:
Today is January 1,2025 and Sally will start college on January 1,2033 attending for five years
Total college expenses for 2033, payable in full on December 31,2033, is $55,000. Each of the next four years of college expenses are payable on December 31 for that given year.
College expenses are anticipated to increase 3% from the prior years cost (college inflation).
Bill has set aside no savings for Sallys college as of January 1,2025
Bill wishes to invest a fixed sum each month, starting January 31,2025 and continuing for a total of 96 months (last payment December 31,2032) into an investment account that earns a fixed annual interest rate of 6% during the entire savings/expenditure period.
What is the fixed monthly payment Bill must invest each month such the investment account will fund each annual amount of college expenses, leaving no amount left over and no need for Bill to make an additional payment subsequent to December 31,2031.
Please show adequate details of your computation in an organized fashion

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