FIN303 Financial Management SIM University

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Problem Statement Financial Management

Joshua is planning for his retirement. He is in mid-thirties, has two children, and an annual income of $120,000 before taxes. He has estimated the following:

Years till retirement - 30 years
Estimated years in retirement (based on actuarial tables) - 27 years
Current level of household expenditures - $84000
% of household expenditures needed in retirement - 80%
Estimated annual end-of year income in retirement from CPF - $53000 

CPF payments are based on current dollars and will increase with the expected inflation until retirement

Expected annual inflation rate until retirement - 5%
Expected annual inflation rate during retirement - 4%
Expected annual rate of return on investments before retirement - 8%
Expected annual rate of return on investments during retirement - 10%

Joshua is considering investment in the preferred stock of Big Oil. This preferred stock promises an annual dividend payment of $4. Joshua requires 8% return on investment. Unfortunately, Big Oil recently suffered losses and has decided to suspend its preferred dividends for the next two years. The company says it expects to begin paying preferred dividends again three years from now. To make up for the dividends that it skipped, Big Oil will pay a one-time dividend of $12 in three years, that is, $8 for the dividends it skipped for two years and $4 for the normal dividend in year 3. After that preferred shareholders will continue to receive the annual $4 dividend that they had come to expect.

Alternatively, Joshua is thinking of allocating a certain portion of his investments in a safer asset class like bonds. You suggested for him to consider bonds issued by Bank Corp and the salient terms are detailed as follows:

• Issue date = January 1, 2016
• Amount issued = $800 million
• Maturity date = December 31, 2025
• Interest = 7%
• Payment = Semi-annually
• Par value = $100.00
• Required rate of return = 8%

Joshua is considering investing in the stock of the company named Thunderbird. The company has paid  a dividend of $2 recently. It is expected that the dividend will grow at 8% per annum for the next 3 years and will grow at 4% per annum from year 4 onwards into perpetuity. Joshua has ascertained that the beta of Thunderbird is 1.2; He has also estimated the risk free rate as 3% and the market risk premium as 6%.
Joshua is considering forming a portfolio of stocks of three companies, A, B, and C. He has collected the following information regarding the three stocks: