Celesta Frank wants to go on a cruise in three years. She co…

Celesta Frank wants to go on a cruise in three years. She could earn 8.2 percent compounded monthly in an account if she deposits the money today. She needs to have $10,000 in three years. How much will she have to deposit today? (Round to the nearest dollar.)

David Snider Inc. is considering when to harvest its moldy b…

David Snider Inc. is considering when to harvest its moldy bread supply for antibiotics. It has calculated that the current NPV dollars for harvesting the bread are increasing according to the following schedule. When should the firm harvest the bread? The cost of capital for the firm is 14 percent. NPV increase if harvested next year over that of harvesting now     25%     NPV increase if harvested year 2 over that of harvesting year 1     20% NPV increase if harvested year 3 over that of harvesting year 2     17% NPV increase if harvested year 4 over that of harvesting year 3     13% NPV increase if harvested year 5 over that of harvesting year 4     10%

John would like to invest in oil futures and is aware that t…

John would like to invest in oil futures and is aware that the returns on such an investment can be volatile.  Use the following table of states, probabilities, and returns to:                                Probability          ReturnBoom                    0.30                        40.00%Good                     0.20                        30.00%OK                          0.50                        15.00% The confidence interval that captures 90% of possible returns –