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f30 Suppose there is a financial security (zero-bond) that will pay back $2,000 in five years from today. All else constant, for a given nominal interest rate, a change from quarterly compounding to monthly compounding will cause the current price of this security to 2 O a Increase O b. Remain the same. Oc. Decrease O d. Either increase or decrease depending on the number of years until the money is to be received Oe. None of the possibilities