You plan to live very well when you retire in thirty-five years and have calculated that you will require $3,000,000 at that time. If the rate of interest available is 9%, how much do you need to invest today in order to live comfortable during your retirement? What if rates are only 4.5%?

(3 marks)

As a recently- graduated finance major embarking on a career in investment banking, you naturally must own a Benz immediately. The car cost $56,640. You also must spend $6,496 on blue pin-stripe suits. Your salary this year is $84,000, and next year it will be $92,000. Your routine living expenses this year will be $68,000. You plan to make up the difference between current income and current consumption by getting a loan at a rate of 14%. You intend to repay the loan, plus interest, in one year. How much will you have left to spend next year? (5 marks)