You plan to buy an insurance policy for $30,000 today. The insurance company allows you to choose one of the alternatives given below.
Your opportunity cost of capital is 10% per annum, compounded quarterly.
A – A single amount of $51,500 at the end of five years.
B – Payment of $3,100 at the end of every three months for three years.
C – A perpetual annual payment of $3,100. Payments are made at the end of each year.
Use a financial calculator where appropriate.
Find the value today of each alternative.
Is each alternative acceptable – that is, worth $30,000 today?
Which alternative, if any, would you take?
Find the rate of return for both alternatives A and B. Compare these alternative investments using the rate of return.