Time Value of Mney
Time Value of Mney
Time Value of Mney
10. A lottery jackpot of one million is paid out $25,000 a year for 40 years. At a 10 percent
required return, what is the present value of this payoff? Assume that the first payment is paid
immediately.
11. At an interest rate of 10%, what is present value of $1m to be received in:
a. 10 years
b. 50 years
c. 100 years
d. 150 years
12. You have been hired as a financial advisor to Michael Jordan. He has received two offers for
playing professional basketball and wants to select the best offer, based on considerations of
money only. Offer A is a $10m offer for $2m a year for 5 years. Offer B is a $11m offer of $1m
a year for four years and $7m in year 5. What is your advice? (Hint: compare the present value of
each contract by assuming a range of interest rate, say 8% - 14%)
13. Assume it is now January 1, 2000, and someone offers the following deal: starting from year
2000, you will be paid each year the amount of dollars equal to the year, i.e., $2000, $2001,
$2002, .... until year 3000 inclusive. If payments occur at the year end and the interest rate
remains at 10%, what is the PV of such a deal? What is the PV if the payments covers only the
years from 2000 to 2050 inclusive? What can you conclude for the comparison?