3.5 Practicing the Principle: A Lending Example
Consider an investment opportunity that costs $50,000
this year an provides a certain cash flow of $54,000
Intertemporal Consumption Opportunity Set
Consumption at t+1
$120,000 $100,000 $80,000 $60,000 $40,000 $20,000
$0 $0
A person with $95,000 who faces a 10% interest rate has the following opportunity set.
now; invest the remaining $35,000; consume $38,500 next year.
$40,000
$38,500 $35,000 (1.10)1
$20,000
$0 $0
$20,000
$40,000
$60,000
$80,000
$100,000
$120,000
Consumption today
– Risk intermediation
• Financial intermediaries can tailor the risk characteristics of securities for borrowers and lenders with different degrees of risk tolerance.
• The intermediary in turn loans $30,000 to each of the 4