Question

Assume that you would like to purchase 100 shares of preferred stock that pays an annual dividend of $6 per share. However, you have limited resources now, so you cannot afford the purchase price. In fact, the best that you can do now is to invest your money in a bank account earning a simple interest rate of 6 percent, but where interest is compounded daily (assume a 365-day year). Because the preferred stock is riskier, it has a required annual rate of return of 12 percent (assume that this rate will remain constant over the next 5 years). For you to be able to purchase this stock at the end of 5 years, how much must you deposit in your bank account today, at t = 0?

a. $2,985.00

b. $4,291.23

c. $3,138.52

d. $3,704.18

e. $4,831.25

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