A friend agreed to lend you money today. You must repay your friend by making payments of $30 per month for the next six months. The first payment must be paid today. In addition, you must pay 2 percent interest per month. How much total interest will you end up paying your friend?

Mariota Corporation just paid a dividend of $3.70 per share on its stock. The dividend growth rate is expected to be 3.8 forever and investors require a return of 12.4 percent on this stock. What will the stock price be in 9 years?

The actual interest rate on a loan that is compounded monthly but expressed as an annual rate is referred to as the _____ rate.

An insurance annuity offers to pay you $1,000 per quarter for 20 years. If you want to earn a rate of return of 6.5 percent compounded quarterly, what is the most you are willing to pay as a lump sum today to obtain this annuity?

You want to have$3.15 million when you retire in 35 years. You feel that you can save $775 per month until you retire. What APR do you have to earn in order to achieve your goal?

Braxton’s Cleaning Company stock is selling for $32.25 per share based on a required return of 10.5 percent. What is the the next annual dividend if the growth rate in dividends is expected to be 4.1 percent indefinitely?

Your employer contributes $75 at the end of each week to your retirement account. The account will earn a weekly interest rate of .16 percent. How much will the account be worth when you retire in 40 years?

Stone Walls has a long-term debt ratio of .6 and a current ratio of 1.2. Current liabilities are $800, sales are $7,800, the net profit margin is 6.5 percent, and return on equity is 15.5 percent. What is the amount of the firm’s net fixed assets?

Travis International has a one-time expense of $1.13 million that must be paid two years from today. The firm can earn 4.3 percent, compounded monthly on its savings. How much must the firm save each month to fund this expense if the firm starts investing equal amounts each month starting at the end of this month?

Wood Recovery has sales of $397,000, total assets of $225,000, and total debt of $101,700 million. The net profit margin is 6.2 percent. What is the return on equity?