Over the next three years, the expected path of 1-year interest rates is 1, 2,and 1 percent, and the 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year term premia are 0, 0.2, and 0.5 percent, respectively. Using the information, today you buy $1 of one-year bonds and when it matures you plan to use the money you receive to reinvest in one-year bonds again. Then your expected rate of return for this $1 investment over the next two-year period is %. (round to the nearest integer)

Over the next three years, the expected path of 1-year interest rates is 1, 2,and 1 percent, and the 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year term premia are 0, 0.2, and 0.5 percent, respectively. Using the information, today you buy $1 of one-year bonds and when it matures you plan to use the money you receive to reinvest in one-year bonds again. Then your expected rate of return for this $1 investment over the next two-year period is %. (round to the nearest integer)

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Chapter11: Capital Budgeting Decisions

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