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Mr. Toriop owns 5,000 shares of stock in Yummy Corporation. The company has announced that it will pay a dividend of $5 per share in one year and a liquidating dividend of $50 per share in two years. The required return on Yummy stock is 12%.

a. What is the current share price of your stock?

b. What will be the company's share price in one year's time?

c. Mr. Toriop wishes to have equal amounts of dividend income for the next two years. How can he use homemade dividends to achieve this goal? Check that the present value of the cash flows will be the same as it is before the homemade dividends. (Hint: Dividends will be in the form of an annuity.)

d. Suppose Mr. Toriop is thinking about buying a house for $220,000 in one year. How can he use homemade dividends to achieve this goal? Check that the present value of the cash flows will be the same as it is before the homemade dividends.

e. Suppose Mr. Toriop is thinking about postponing the house purchase for two years, by which time the price of the house will have increased by $46,800. How can he use homemade dividends to achieve this goal? Check that the present value of the cash flows will be the same as it is before the homemade dividends.

One argument for high dividend payout is the desire of investors for current income. Explain why this argument does/does not work in a perfect capital market with no transaction costs. Explain how this argument does/does not work in real life.