Tom is a very successful investment advisor representative and has decided that he is going to hire another investment adviser to him manage some of his client accounts. tom places about one third of his client accounts under the management of the new investment adviser and will share his advisor fee with the new investment manager. at the end of the year tom receives a complaint letter from one of his clients who was managed by the new investment adviser. the client is unsatisfied with the losses generated in her trust account. in this situation tom:

Biochemical corp. requires $600,000 in financing over the next three years. the firm can borrow the funds for three years at 10.80 percent interest per year. the ceo decides to do a forecast and predicts that if she utilizes short-term financing instead, she will pay 7.50 percent interest in the first year, 12.15 percent interest in the second year, and 8.25 percent interest in the third year. assume interest is paid in full at the end of each year. a)determine the total interest cost under each plan. a) long term fixed rate: b) short term fixed rate: b) which plan is less costly? a) long term fixed rate plan b) short term variable rate plan