The store where you bought new home furnishings offers you two alternative payment plans. the first plan requires a $4,500 immediate up-front payment. the second plan requires you to make monthly payments of $137.41, payable at the end of each month for 3 years. what nominal annual interest rate is built into the monthly payment plan?

Which of the following statements is correct? stockholders should generally be happier than bondholders to have managers invest in risky projects with high potential returns as opposed to safe projects with lower expected returns. potential conflicts between stockholders and bondholders are increased if a firm's bonds are convertible into its common stock. takeovers are most likely to be attempted if the target firm’s stock price is above its intrinsic value. one advantage of operating a business as a corporation is that stockholders can deduct their pro rata share of the taxes the firm pays, thereby eliminating the double taxation investors would face in a partnership.