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Basic Question 20 of 27

You are trying to accumulate $5,000 in a savings account at the end of 4 years. The savings account pays 4% per year and you plan to make yearly deposits at the end of each year. How large must the deposits be?

A. $1,177.45
B. $1,250.00
C. $1,377.45

User Contributed Comments 6

User Comment
KD101 Simple - 5 payments of B or C will exceed $5,000 and since interest rate > 0% (4%) here - only A can be correct
zuke even more simple to plug it into the calculator and see what the answer is.
stefdunk KD101 - 5 payments of any of the sums will exceed 5000, don't you mean 4 payments?

Besides, deductive logic is fine, but I recommend practicing actually working things out, because on the test it might not be quite as easy
andyblake Thank you for the advice KD101. It was very useful!
johntan1979 Agree with stefdunk. The purpose of doing all these exercises is to make sure you get the basics right, know the proper formulas and calculations, NOT trying to be all wise and good at picking answers. It won't be as easy as this in the real exam.
Logaritmus There are no need to use a calculator, B and C is wrong since if interest rates is greater than 0 total payments should be less than $5000. So if C is correct you should pay 4*1377.45 = 5 509.48 > 4*1250 = 5000, B will be correct if and only if I/Y = 0.
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Learning Outcome Statements

calculate and interpret the present value(PV) of fixed-income and equity instruments based on expected future cash flows

calculate and interpret the implied return of fixed-income instruments and required return and implied growth of equity instruments given the present value (PV) and cash flows

CFA® 2024 Level I Curriculum, Volume 1, Module 2.