A savvy investor paid $6,500 for a 20-year $10,000 mortgage bond that had a bond interest rate of 6% per year, payable quarterly. Three years after he purchased the bond, market interest rates went down, so the bond increased in value. If the investor sold the bond for $11,000 three years after he bought it, what rate of return did the investor make per quarter and per year (nominal)? The rate of return per quarter is The rate of return per year is %. %.

A savvy investor paid $6,500 for a 20-year $10,000 mortgage bond that had a bond interest rate of 6% per year, payable quarterly. Three years after he purchased the bond, market interest rates went down, so the bond increased in value. If the investor sold the bond for $11,000 three years after he bought it, what rate of return did the investor make per quarter and per year (nominal)? The rate of return per quarter is The rate of return per year is %. %.

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An engineer bought a $1000 bond of an American airline for $875 just after an interest payment had been made. The bond paid a 6% coupon interest rate semiannually. What nominal rate of return did the engineer receive from the bond if he held it 13.5 years until its maturity?
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You are planning to save for retirement over the next 20 years. To do this, you will invest $700 a month in a stock account and $400 a month in a bond account. The return of the stock account is expected to be 9 percent, and the bond account will pay 6 percent. When you retire, you will combine your money into an account with a return of 8 percent. How much can you withdraw each month from your account assuming a 15-year withdrawal period? A. $623407 B. $630939 C. $635876 D. $7480888 E. $2259917
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3) Don makes a one time investment in the following way: he purchases a 30 year, $5, 000 face value bond with semiannual coupons, and with a semianmual 4% coupon rate and a semianmual 6% yield rate. Immediately after receiving his coupons, he invests his coupons into an account earning a nominal semiannual interest rate of i) = 3%. Find how much is in the account after 30 years and find Don's nominal annual yield rate over the 30 year period.
A savvy investor paid $5,000 for a 20-year $10,000 mortgage bond that had a bond interest rate of 2% per year, payable quarterly. Three years after he purchased the bond, market interest rates went down, so the bond increased in value. If the investor sold the bond for $11,000 three years after he bought it, what rate of return did the investor make per quarter and per year (nominal)? The rate of return per quarter is %. The rate of return per year is %.
An investor buys a bond for $1000. She receives $10 at the end of each month for 2 months and then sells the bond at the end of the second month for $1040. Determine the internal rate of return on this investment.
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