Consider the case of the following annuities, and the need to compute either their expected rate of return or duration. Joshua inherited an annuity worth $6,830.77 from his uncle. The annuity will pay him eight equal payments of $1,100 at the end of each year. The annuity fund is offering a return Joshua's friend, Willie, has hired a financial planner for advice on retirement. Considering Willie's current expenses and expected future lifestyle changes, the financial planner has stated that once Willie crosses a threshold of $1,387,311 in savings, he will have enough money for retirement. Willie has nothing saved for his retirement yet, so he plans to start depositing $25,000 in a retirement fund at a fixed rate of 6.00% at the end of each year. It Will take for Willie to reach his retirement goal.

Which financial component is a mandatory deduction from your gross pay? a. sales tax b. social security tax c. health insurance d. disaster relief fund (drf) e. voluntary deduction

A) plot the m1 and m2 money stock in the us from 1990-2015. (hint: you may use the data tools provided by fred.) (b) plot the nominal interest rate from 1960 to 2014. (hint: you can either use the daily interest rates for selected u.s. treasury, private money market and capital market instruments from or the effective federal funds rate fromfred.) (c) the consumer price index (cpi) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. intuitively, the cpi represents the cost of living or the average price level. plot the cpi from 1960 to 2013.(d) the inflation rate is the yearly percentage change in the average price level. in practice, we usually use the percentage change in the cpi to compute the inflation rate. plot the inflation rate from 1960 to 2013.(e) explain the difference between the ex-ante and ex-post real interest rate. use the fisher equation to compute the ex-post real interest rate. plot the nominal interest rate and the ex-post real interest rate from 1960 to 2013 in the same graph.

In the fall of 2008, aig, the largest insurance company in the world at the time, was at risk of defaulting due to the severity of the global financial crisis. as a result, the u.s. government stepped in to support aig with large capital injections and an ownership stake. how would this affect, if at all, the yield and risk premium on aig corporate debt?