Retirement Investment Advisors, Inc., has just offered you an annual interest rate of 6.3 percent until you retire in 35 years. You believe that interest rates will increase over the next year and you would be offered 6.9 percent per year one year from today. If you plan to deposit $19,500 into the account either this year or next year, how much more will you have when you retire if you wait one year to make your deposit?

$23,022.68

Explanation:

We are to calculate the future value of this amount using the two different interest rates and find the difference

The formula for calculating future value:

FV = P (1 + r)^n

FV = Future value  

P = Present value  

R = interest rate  

N = number of years

$19,500 (1.063)^35 = $165,462.23

$19,500 (1.069)^34 = $188,484.91

$188,484.91 - $165,462.23 = $23,022.68

The firm's expected rate of return is 9.9%

Explanation:

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