You are 29-years-old and working in the marketing department of a medium-sized corporation. You are earning an annual salary of $65,000 paid every two weeks. Your employer provides a 401(k) plan, and matches employee contributions by 50% up to a maximum of 4% of your annual salary. You are in a 25% marginal tax rate.

S. you are changing planes in london for a flight to paris where you will connect with your flight to capetown. you are picking up reading material for the flight and are looking at the prices listed on the economist magazine which conveniently lists prices in several different global currencies. you note that the price in pounds is 2.40 pounds and the price in euros is 2 euros. the exchange rate for the dollar (your credit card was issued in the usa) is $1.59/pound and s1.3837/euro. should you buy reading materials now or wait until you're in paris?