A savvy investor paid $9,000 for a 20-year $10,000 mortgage bond that had a bond interest rate of 8% 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 $12,500 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 $9,000 for a 20-year $10,000 mortgage bond that had a bond interest rate of 8% 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 $12,500 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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Transcribed Image Text:A savvy investor paid $9,000 for a 20-year $10,000 mortgage bond that had a bond interest rate of 8% 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 $12,500 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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