AK/ADMS3530 3.0
Assignment #1
Winter 2007
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This assignment is to be done individually. You must sign and submit
the standard cover page supplied as the last page of this
assignment.
Before you start, please read the note “Writing Style Required for
ADMS3530 Assignments” posted in the “Assignments” folder on the
course web site. Please stick to the writing guidelines suggested in the
note.
This assignment is due at the start of class, the week of February 5,
2007.
For Internet section students, the assignment must be uploaded to the
Centre for Distance Education:
and identified
precisely in accordance with the course outline by Tuesday, February 6,
2007, midnight.
This assignment is to be either handwritten or printed out. Work that is too
difficult to read due to messiness and poor handwriting will receive zero

credit. You must show your work to receive full credit.
This assignment carries a total mark of 100 points.
Late assignments will not be accepted whether for technical or any other
reason.
Decimal places: please keep at least 4 in your calculations and 2 in your
final answers.

Question 1 (12 marks)
You became incredibly wealthy one day and a huge contributing factor to your
success was the education that you’d received at York/Atkinson. As a way to
thank the school you set up an endowment today in the amount of $5,000,000.
But you don’t just hand over $5,000,000 just like that!!! You stipulate that York
use the funds to provide scholarships to ADMS3530 students totaling $250,000
annually. The scholarships are to commence one year from today and are to
continue for as long as ADMS3530 is around (in effect for ever!!!). The market
interest rate for the foreseeable future is expected to be 5% per annum
compounded annually.
(a) Based on the above information will York be able to meet your stipulation by
providing ADMS3530 students with annual scholarships totaling $250,000 for
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(b) What if your endowment was $4,000,000 instead of $5,000,000 would York
still be able to meet your stipulation? If not what would be the maximum annual
scholarship payout? Provide supporting analysis. (3 marks)
(c) As we all know the cost of education keeps going up and up. To

accommodate these inflationary pressures you ask that the $250,000 scholarship
grow at a constant rate of 1% annually. Would York be able to fund this
scholarship for ever with your $5,000,000 endowment? If not what would be the
maximum annual scholarship? Provide supporting analysis. (4 marks)
(d) What would your endowment have to be to accommodate annual
scholarships of $300,000 with a constant growth rate of 1% annually? Provide
supporting analysis. (3 marks)
Question 2 (9 marks)
You have finally decided that this is the year that you purchase that exotic car
(Aston Martin Vanquish (007’s car), Porsche Carrerra GT, Bentley Continental
etc…etc.). But your spouse (Salma Hayak or Brad Pitt depending on who you
are) insists that you must decide on the maximum purchase price you can afford
before you ever look at your first car.
Assume that the only source of money to finance your purchase is based on your
family income. The details of which follow…
Your annual income is $50,000 before taxes which is taxed at a flat rate of 30%.
Of the after tax income you can commit 25% annually towards the purchase of
the car for the next 5 years (starting 1 year from today).
Your spouse’s annual income is $5,000,000!!! (remember it’s Salma or Brad)
before taxes which is taxed at a flat rate of 50%. Of the after tax income your
spouse will only commit 0.5% annually to the purchase of your car for the next 3
years (starting 1 year from today).
The prevailing rate of interest on auto loans in the market place is 7%
compounded annually.
Assuming you can get an auto loan, can you afford one of the luxury cars which
are priced today at over $250,000? Or will you have to buy a Honda Odyssey
(which costs approx $50,000) mini van which is that much more practical as you
have 3 small children. Show your calculations to support your decision.
Question 3 (15 marks)


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RRSP season is coming up and Canadians will be faced with many
investment opportunities. Assume that you are a Canadian resident with a
marginal tax rate of 40%. You have decided to invest in a $1,000 RRSP.
Since this is tax deductible and you will receive a $400 tax refund given your
marginal tax rate (40% of $1,000). You have two options available to you.
The first is presented here and the second appears in part (c) below. In order
to buy the RRSP you may borrow $1,000 and then pay down your $1,000
loan with the $400 immediate tax refund. Throughout this question interest
rate is assumed to be 9% compounded monthly.
(a)

What is the monthly payment required to pay down the loan in one year?
(2 marks)

(b)

To what will the single $1,000 contribution grow over the next 20 years? (2
marks)

(c)

Let’s say that you opted rather than borrow the $1,000 and immediately
pay down the $400 and then pay out the loan over a one year period (as

in part (a) above) that you agreed last year to make monthly contributions
to a savings plan in order to realize a $600 payout by the end of the 12th
month (i.e. today) and then borrow the remaining $400 to purchase the
$1,000 RRSP now, how much would you need to save on a monthly
basis? You will immediately pay down the $400 by the end of the first
month that it is due. (3 marks)

(d)

Assuming that you would like to continue your RRSP investment in part
(a) or part (c) annually for the next 20 years until your retirement.
Compare the two RRSP plans by calculating the PV of both options. (4
marks)

(e)

What is the benefit of one plan over the other assuming that the interest
rate remains at 9% monthly compounded throughout the next 20 years? (4
marks)

Question 4 (13 marks)
Another Canadian investor is planning his retirement.
information please help him with his calculations.
(a)

Given the following

What will be the amount in an RRSP after 25 years, at which time he will
retire and live off the proceeds, if contributions of $3,000 are made at each
year-end for its first seven years and month-end contributions of $500 are

made for the subsequent 18 years? Assume that the plan earns 8%
compounded quarterly for the first 12 years, and 7% compounded
semiannually for the subsequent 13 years. (4 marks)

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(b)

Your investor would like to set up a Scholarship Fund in his name at
Atkinson College with a $500 annual award to a deserving applicant. The
first award will be made at the end of the 15th year of his retirement.
Subsequent awards will be made at the end of each year perpetually.
Given the RRSP amount in part (a) above, how much can your investor
expect to withdraw at the end of each month, starting the first month after
his retirement, and still be able to set up the Scholarship Fund?
(Assume the interest rate is 10% compounded monthly throughout his
retirement.) (6 marks)

(c)

What complications might occur in achieving the plan in part (b)?
(3 marks)

Question 5 (14 marks)
Throughout this question consider the following bond: face value of $1,000,

coupon rate is 8%, semi-annual coupon payments, 4 years of maturity, and a
purchase price of $1,055.69.
(a)

Calculate the current yield and yield to maturity on the bond as of the date
of purchase. (3 marks)

(b)

Calculate the current yield and bond price on each anniversary date of the
bond purchase until maturity. Suppose on each of these dates the yield to
maturity on the bond is 7%, 6.6%, 6.2%, and 6.36%, respectively.
(6 marks)

(c)

Assume instead of holding the bond until maturity, you sell the bond on
the second anniversary of its purchase (right after you receive the last
coupon). Based on your results in part (b) above, what is your total rate of
return over this 2-year holding period? What is your annual rate of return
over the same period? Assume you can reinvest the previous coupons at
an APR of 10% quarterly compounded. (5 marks)

Question 6 (8 marks)
This question has two parts, (a) and (b).
(a)

Do you think it is necessary for bond prices to fluctuate in response to
changing interest rates? Why? Please limit your answer to one paragraph.
(4 marks)


(b)

Why should investors be cautious when replying on yield to maturity as

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a measure of the return on their bond investment? Please limit your
answer to one paragraph. (4 marks)
Question 7 (15 marks)
Rite Bite Enterprises historically has not been a dividend paying company but in
its latest board meeting the company decided to start paying a fixed dividend of
$1.5 for the next year. After the first dividend, they expect that the dividend will
grow at 5% over the following three years and it will maintain a constant 6%
annual growth rate thereafter. (Please draw a timeline to show your work.)
(a) What are the expected dividends in years 5 and 10? (2 marks)
(b) If the discount rate for the stock is 10%, at what price will the stock sell today?
(5 marks)
(c) What is the expected stock price three years from now? (3 marks)
(d) If your annual required rate of return is 12% for the next 4 years and 8%
thereafter how much will you pay for a share of Rite Bite’s stocks today? (5
marks)
Question 8 (14 marks)
This question has two parts, (a) and (b).
(a) The common stock of Veritas Ltd. is currently trading at $ 48 on the TSX. You

also know the following information about the Veritas stock: its P/E ratio is 16,
Veritas Ltd. has a required rate of return of 10% on its common equity, and the
company’s dividends are expected to grow at 6% forever. What is Veritas’ payout
ratio today? What is Veritas’ plowback ratio today? (6 marks)
(b) Butterfly Tractors Corp. has experienced an outstanding growth in recent
years, which is expected to continue in the future. In particular, earnings and
dividends are forecasted to grow at a rate of 5% during the next 3 years, and at a
constant rate of 6% thereafter. Butterfly just paid a dividend of $2 and the
required rate of return on its stock is 12%. Suppose that you buy one share of
Butterfly stock today and sell it at the end of Year 4. Compute the 1-year dividend
yield, 1-year capital gains yield, and 1-year total rate of return on your investment
for each of Years 1, 2, 3, and 4. Assume that previous dividends are not
reinvested. (8 Marks)

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Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies
YORK UNIVERSITY
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ADMS3530 3.0
Finance
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Due Date: Start of class, week of February 5, 2007

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