Final Examination
Final Examination
Final Examination
FGC Inc. is one of the leading companies that serves as an advisor to wealthy individuals. They assist
them as to what particular investment they must make with their money. As one of their top-
performing financial advisors, you were assigned to a young, wealthy man whose name is Piolo
Contis. Mr. Contis just won the lottery worth PHP 480,000,000.00. He is afraid that this money will be
gone in an instant if he does not properly manage it, so he seeks out an expert as to where he should
invest the money. There are three options that were presented to Mr. Contis, and he wants to invest
half of his winnings in one particular investment.
Option 1: Bonds with an annual interest of 5%- and 5-years maturity, makes payments annually, and
lastly has an 8% yield-to-maturity.
Option 2: Purchase of 80,000 square metres of land in Nueva Ecija. It is expected that the price of
land per square metre will increase by PHP 500 a year, and Mr. Contis can sell the land after 2 years.
As per the local government, the 2% real property tax will not increase for the next 5 years.
Below is a 5-year forecast for the price increase (decrease) per share.
Which of the three options can you suggest to Mr. Contis to invest his money? Discuss and justify
your answer.
James Lustre, 26 years old, has savings at JapanBank and is currently employed as a full-time
employee in a private company. One day, he realised that working as a private employee would not
make him experience financial freedom.He targets attaining this by the age of 30. Given the below
information, what advice can you give to James? Should he continue to work full-time or invest his
money in a business? Explain and support your answer.
Working Hours 8 10
Working Days 5 7
Supplies 20,000.00
Transportation 5,000.00 -