Finman Sample Questions
Finman Sample Questions
9) Ms. Joy Casem is planning for her golden years. She will retire in
4) Mr. Alan Silva wants to prepare for his wedding to take place 20 years. At which time, she plans to begin withdrawing 60,000
after 5 years. He estimates that he will need around P200,000 for his annually. She is expected to live for 20 years following her
wedding. If money is worth 12% per annum, how much should he retirement. Her financial advisor thinks that she can earn 9%
invest today to achieve his target amount? annually. How much does she need to invest each year to prepare
for her financial needs after her retirement?
5) Glory Barry has P25,000 idle cash that will be used only after 5
years. Glory plans to invest It while it is not being used. BPI offers
special time deposit account where it will earn a simple interest of
15% compounded annually. Glory can withdraw both the principal
and interest after 5 years. How much money will Glory withdraw at
maturity?
10) You pay P1,000 in a deposit account that pays 20% interest 16) You have P42,180.53 in a brokerage account and you plan to
compounded quarterly planning to use it to finish your last year in deposit an additional P5,000 at the end of every future year until
college. 18 months later, you decided to go to mt. Apo to become a your account totals P250,000. You expect to earn 12% annually on
mountain hiker instructor rather than continuing school so you close your account. How many years will it take you to reach your goal?
your account. How much money will you receive?
18) An investment will pay P100 at the end of each of the next 3
years, P200 at the end of Year 4, P300 at the end of Year 5 and
P500 at the end of Year 6. If other investments of equal risk earn
8% annually, what is its present value? Its future value?
12) If you deposit P10,000 in a bank account that pays 10% interest
annually, how much will be in your account after 5 years? b) An initial P500 compounded for 2 years at 6%
14) Your parents will retire in 18 years. They currently have e) An initial P500 compounded for 10 years at 6%
P250,000 and they think they will need P1,000,000 at retirement.
What annual interest rate must they earn to reach their goal
assuming they don’t save any additional funds? f) An initial P500 compounded for 10 years at 12%
22) Find the present value of the following time lines at 8% 24) Crissie just won the lottery and she must choose between
compounded annually three award options. She can elect to receive a lump sum today
0 1 2 3 4 5 of P61 million to receive 10 end-of-year patments of P9.5
million, or to receive 30 end-of-year payments of P5.5 million.
P0 P100 P400 P400 P400 P300 a) If she thinks she can earn 7% annually, which should
she choose?
23) Your client is 40 year old and she want to begin saving for
retirement, with the first payment to come one year from now. She
can save P5,000 per year. You advise her to invest in the stock
market, which you expect to provide an average return of 9% in the
future
25) Find the amount to which P500 will grow under each of these
conditions
a) 12% compounded annually for 5 years
28) What is the rate of return of a security that costs P1,000 and
returns P2,000 after 5 years?
29) Find the PV of an ordinary annuity that pays P1,000 each of the
next 5 years if the interest rate is 15%. What is the annuity’s FV?