A 30-year maturity bond has a 5.6% coupon rate, paid annually. It sells today for $876.17. A 20-year maturity bond has a 5.1% coupon rate, also paid annually. It sells today for $896.9. A bond market analyst forecasts that in five years, 25-year maturity bonds will sell at yields to maturity of 6.6% and 15-year maturity bonds will sell at yields of 6.1%. Because the yield curve is upward sloping, the analyst believes that coupons will be invested in short-term securities at a rate of 7.1%. A. Calculate the (annualized) expected rate of return of the 30-year bond over the 5-year period.

B. What is the (annualized) expected return of the 20-year bond?

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Aquatic marine stores company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. aquatic uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 3 pounds per unit; $ 6 per pound direct labor: 4 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour during the first quarter, aquatic produced 5 comma 000 units of this product. actual direct materials and direct labor costs were $ 65 comma 000 and $ 330 comma 000, respectively. for the purpose of preparing the flexible budget, calculate the total standard direct materials cost at a production volume of 5 comma 000 units.