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Your broker offers to sell you some shares of Bahnsen & Co. common stock that paid a dividend of $3.25 yesterday. Bahnsen's dividend is expected to grow at 8% per year for the next 3 years. If you buy the stock, you plan to hold it for 3 years and then sell it. The appropriate discount rate is 12%.

1. Find the expected dividend for each of the next 3 years; that is, calculate D₁, D₂, and D₃. Note that D₀ = $3.25. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest cent. D₁ = $ D₂ = $ D₃ = $
2. Given that the first dividend payment will occur 1 year from now, find the present value of the dividend stream; that is, calculate the PVs of D₁, D₂, and D₃, and then sum these PVs. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent. $
3. You expect the price of the stock 3 years from now to be $110.54; that is, you expect to equal $110.54. Discounted at a 12% rate, what is the present value of this expected future stock price? In other words, calculate the PV of $110.54. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent. $
4. If you plan to buy the stock, hold it for 3 years, and then sell it for $110.54, what is the most you should pay for it today? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent. $
5. Use equation below to calculate the present value of this stock. Assume that g = 8% and that it is constant. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent. $

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