A 30-year maturity bond has a 5.6% coupon rate, paid annually. It sells today for $876.17. A 20-year maturity bond has a 5.1% coupon rate, also paid annually. It sells today for $896.9. A bond market analyst forecasts that in five years, 25-year maturity bonds will sell at yields to maturity of 6.6% and 15-year maturity bonds will sell at yields of 6.1%. Because the yield curve is upward sloping, the analyst believes that coupons will be invested in short-term securities at a rate of 7.1%. A. Calculate the (annualized) expected rate of return of the 30-year bond over the 5-year period.
B. What is the (annualized) expected return of the 20-year bond?

Tom has brought $150,000 from his pension to a new job where his employer will match 401(k) contributions dollar for dollar. each year he contributes $3,000. after seven years, how much money would tom have in his 401(k)?

Horace society is planning its annual western fair raceway gala. the gala committee has assembled the following expected costs for the event: dinner (per person) $10 gaming token and program (per person) $2 prize payouts $4,300 tickets and advertising $800 private box suite rental $1,700 lottery licenses $200 the committee members would like to charge $40 per person for the evening’s activities.required: 1. what is the break-even point for the dinner-dance (in terms of the number of persons who must attend)? 2. assume that last year only 200 persons attended the dinner-dance. if the same number attend this year, what price per ticket must be charged in order to break even? 3. refer to the original data ($40 ticket price per person). prepare a cvp graph for the dinner- dance from zero tickets up to 600 tickets sold.

Aproduct has a demand of 4000 units per year. ordering cost is $20, and holding cost is $4 per unit per year. the cost-minimizing solution for this product is to order: ? a. 200 units per order. b. all 4000 units at one time. c. every 20 days. d. 10 times per year. e. none of the above