Suppose that you buy a two-year 8% bond at its face value. a. What will be your nominal return over the two years if inflation is 3% in the first year and 5% in the second? What will be your real return? b. Now suppose that the bond is a TIPS. What will be your real and nominal returns?

Case in point 2.4 attaway airlines, part two back at attaway airlines, the morning meeting ended with no agreement between dan esposito and molly kinnon. in fact, a new issue arose. molly now says that the new accounting system is entitled to the highest priority because the federal government soon will require the reporting of certain types of company-paid health insurance premiums. because the current system will not handle this report, she insists that the entire accounting system is a nondiscretionary project. as you might expect, dan is upset. can part of a project be nondiscretionary? what issues need to be discussed? the committee meets again tomorrow, and the members will look to you, as the it director, for guidance.

On january 1, year 1, purl corp. purchased as a long-term investment $500,000 face amount of shaw, inc.’s 8% bonds for $456,200. the bonds were purchased to yield 10% interest. the bonds mature on january 1, year 6, and pay interest annually on january 1. purl uses the effective interest method of amortization. what amount (rounded to nearest $100) should purl report on its december 31, year 2, balance sheet for these held-to-maturity bonds?

In the current period, forward co. started with the production of 21,000 units and completed 8,400 units, leaving 13,200 units in process that are 42% complete. if forward co. incurred production costs of $34,980, what was forward's cost per equivalent unit for the period? (note: round your answer to two decimal places.)