As a trusted resource in finance, a friend approaches you after reading several posts online contrasting stocks and bonds. Your friend wants to know which of the following statements is true? Choices: Bondholders have a senior claim on assets and income relative to stockholders. Interest paid to bondholders and dividends paid to stockholders are tax-deductible. Bondholders have a voice in management, but common stockholders do not. The maturity of common stock is short relative to the maturities for bonds.