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In early January 2014, you purchased $100,000 worth of some high-grade corporate bonds. The bonds carried a coupon of 6% and mature in 2027. You paid 100 271 when you bought the bonds. Over the five years from 2014 through 2018, the bonds were priced in the market as follows: Annual coupon payments were made on schedule throughout the five-year period, a. Find the annual holding period returns for 2014 through 2018. (See Chapter 5 for the HPR formula.) b. Use the average return information in the given tablo to evaluate the investment performance of this bond. How do you think it stacks up against the market? Explain a. The holding period rotum for 2014 is % (Round to two decimal places.) (Click on the icon here in order to copy the contents of the data table below into a spreadsheet.) Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Quoted Prices (% of $1,000 par value) Beginning End of of the Year the Year 100.271 109.563 109.563 108.843 108.843 106.312 106.312 107.038 107.038 100.867 Average Holding Period Return on Treasury Bonds - 8.90% 10.80% 1.30% 0.70% 2.90% Print Done