McCurdy Co.'s Class Q bonds have a 12-year maturity, $1,000 par value, and a 6% coupon paid semiannually (3% each 6 months), and those bonds sell at their par value. McCurdy's Class P bonds have the same risk, maturity, and par value, but the p bonds pay a 6% annual coupon. Neither bond is callable. At what price should the annual payment bond sell? Select the correct answer. a. $1,001.31 b. $996.90 c. $1,005.72 d. $992.49 e. $1,010.13

Which of the following best describes why you need to establish goals for your program?

Suppose you hold a portfolio consisting of a $10,000 investment in each of 8 different common stocks. the portfolio's beta is 1.25. now suppose you decided to sell one of your stocks that has a beta of 1.00 and to use the proceeds to buy a replacement stock with a beta of 1.55. what would the portfolio's new beta be? do not round your intermediate calculations.

Although appealing to more refined tastes, art as a collectible has not always performed so profitably. during 2003, an auction house sold a sculpture at auction for a price of $10,211,500. unfortunately for the previous owner, he had purchased it in 2000 at a price of $12,177,500. what was his annual rate of return on this sculpture? (a negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as