PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS(LOOSELEAF)
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Determine whether stocks are a good financial investment for a risk-averse person.
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You are a financial planner. One of your clients is 40 years old and wants to begin saving for retirement. You advise her to put $5,000 a year into the stock market. You estimate that the market's effective return will be, on average, 12 percent a year. Assume the investment will be made at the end of the year. What is the value of her savings after 20 years.You are a financial planner. One of your clients is 40 years old and wants to begin saving for retirement. You advise her to put $5,000 a year into the stock market. You estimate that the market's effective return will be, on average, 12 percent a year. Assume the investment will be made at the end of the year. What is the value of her savings after 20 years.
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Daniel is considering selling two stocks that have not fared well over recent years. A friend recently informed Daniel that one of his stocks has a special designation, which allows him to treat a loss up to $54,000 on this stock as an ordinary loss rather than the typical capital loss. Daniel figures that he has a loss of $64,800 on each stock. If Daniel’s marginal tax rate is 35 percent and he has $129,600 of other capital gains (taxed at 15 percent)
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Suppose that the return from holding a particular firm’s stock goes from 15% in one year to 18% in the following year. The majority shareholder claims that “the stock return only increased by 3%,” while the chief executive officer claims that “the return on the firm’s stock increased by 20%.” Reconcile their disagreement.
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