In early January 2010,you purchased $30,000 worth of some high-grade corporate bonds. The bonds carried a coupon of 8 1/8% and mature in 2024.

You paid 94.125 when you bought the bonds. Over the five years from 2010 through 2014,

the bonds were priced in the market as follows:

. Coupon payments were made on schedule throughout the 5-year period

.a. Find the annual holding period returns for 2010 through 2014.

The holding period return for 2010______%(Round to two decimal places.)

The holding period return for 2011 ______%(Round to two decimal places.)

The holding period return for 2012 ______%(Round to two decimal places.)

The holding period return for 2013 ______%(Round to two decimal places.)

The holding period return for 2014______%(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

pick option one or two.

opt 1The market has outperformed the corporate bond investment. The average rate of return for the investment is 5.83% versus the average market rate of 13.20%.

opt 2The high-grade corporate bond investment has outperformed the market. The average rate of return for the investment is 13.20%

versus the average market rate of 5.83%.

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.) Quoted Prices (% of $1,000 par value) Beginning End of Average Holding Period Return Year of the Year the Year on High-Grade Corporate Bonds 2010 94.125 100.625 7.30% 2011 100.625 102.000 11.72% 2012 102.000 104.625 -6.89% 2013 104.625 110.125 7.90% 2014 110.125 121.250 9.11% Print Done