In early January 2010, you purchased $22,000 worth of some high-grade corporate bonds. The bonds carried a coupon of 8 % and mature in 2024. You paid 95.902 when you bought the bonds. Over the five years from 2010 through 2014 the bonds were priced in the market as follows: D. Coupon payments were made on schedule throughout the 5-year period. a. Find the annual holding period returns for 2010 through 2014. (See Chapter 5 for the HPR formula.) b. Use the average return information in the given table to evaluate the investment performance of this bond. How do you think it stacks up against the market? Explain a. The holding period retum for 2010 is % (Round to two decimal places) The holding period return for 2011 is %. (Round to two decimal places.) The holding period return for 2012 is %. (Round to two decimal places.) The holding period return for 2013 is %. (Round to two decimal places.) The holding period return for 2014 is % (Round to two decimal places.) b. Use the average return information in the given table to evaluate the investment performance of this bond. How do you think it stacks up against the market? Explain (Select the best choice below.) The high-grade corporate bond investment has outperformed the market. The average rate of return for the investment is 14 30% versus the average market rate of 5.83% The market has outperformed the corporate bond investment. The average rate of return for the investment is 5 83% versus the average market rate of 14.30% 0 Data Table (Click on the icon located on the top-right corner of the data table below in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Quoted Prices (% of $1,000 par value) Beginning End of of the Year the Year 95.902 102.553 102.553 104.788 104.788 108.467 108.467 113.286 113 286 126.946 Average Holding Period Return on High-Grade Corporate Bonds 7130% 11.72% -6.89% 7.90% 9.11% Print Done Click to select your