Brian is willing to invest $25,000 for four years, and is an economically rational investor. He has identified three investment alternatives (X, Y, and Z) that vary in their method of calculating interest and in the annual interest rate offered.

Since he can only make one investment during the four-year investment period, complete the following table and indicate whether Brian should invest in each of the investments.

Note: When calculating each investments future value, assume that all interest is compounded annually. The final value should be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

Investment	Interest rate and Method	Expected future value	Make this investment?
X	9% compound interest
Y	12% compound interest
Z	12% simple interest