A: You plan to retire in 30 years and want to accumulate enough by then to provide yourself with $30000 a year for 15 years. If the interest rate is 10% by how much must you accumulate by the time you retire?

B: How much must you save each year until retirement in order to finance your retirement consumption?

C: Now you remember that the annual inflation rate is 4%. If a loaf f bread costs $1 today, what will it cost by the time you retire?

D: You really want to consume $30,00 a year in real dollars during retirement and wish to save an equal real amount each year until then. What is the real amount of saving that you need to accumulate by the time you retire?

E: Calculate the required preretirement real annual savings necessary to meet your consumtion goals. Compare to your answer (b). Why is there a difference?

F: What is the nominal value of the amount you need to save during the first year? ( Assume the savings are put aside at the end of each year.) The thirtieth year?

Discussion 1Review exhibit 13.11 in the text. Then go to Bloomberg and look up the last six months of one of the countries stock indices listed. Speculate why the index has performed as it has. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

Discission 2
International Bond

You are an investment banker advising a Euro bank about a new international bond offering it is considering. The proceeds are to be used to fund Eurodollar loans to bank clients. What type of bond instrument would you recommend that the bank consider issuing?Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.