13. Josiah would like to set up an account to provide for some retirement funding. He plans to retire in 30 years and can invest in an account paying 7%. Because he plans to do some traveling during the first ten years of his retirement, he would like to have enough money to begin withdrawing $5,000 per year at the beginning of each year. The first withdrawal would occur at the beginning of the 31st year. At retirement he would also like to move the funds to a safer account that might pay only 5%. How much must he now deposit in his 7% account to accomplish his dream?

Profits from using currency options and futures.on july 2, the two-month futures rate of the mexican peso contained a 2 percent discount (unannualized). there was a call option on pesos with an exercise price that was equal to the spot rate. there was also a put option on pesos with an exercise price equal to the spot rate. the premium on each of these options was 3 percent of the spot rate at that time. on september 2, the option expired. go to the oanda.com website (or any site that has foreign exchange rate quotations) and determine the direct quote of the mexican peso. you exercised the option on this date if it was feasible to do so. a. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the call option? b. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the put option? c. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2? d. what was your net profit per unit if you sold a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2

On july 7, you purchased 500 shares of wagoneer, inc. stock for $21 a share. on august 1, you sold 200 shares of this stock for $28 a share. you sold an additional 100 shares on august 17 at a price of $25 a share. the company declared a $0.95 per share dividend on august 4 to holders of record as of wednesday, august 15. this dividend is payable on september 1. how much dividend income will you receive on september 1 as a result of your ownership of wagoneer stock

Cesar had a part-time job last year. he worked every week for the year and made $23 an hour. he worked 28 hours each week. cesar saved what was left of his earnings after paying all of his monthly expenses. at the end of the year, he had saved $3,360. what were cesar’s average monthly expenses, rounded to the nearest dollar?