Quoted Prices (% of $1,000 par value) Beginning End of of the Year the Year Year 2010 96.241 102.632 Average Holding Period Return on High-Grade Corporate Bonds 7.30% 11.72% - 6.89% 7.90% 2011 102.632 104.764 2012 104.764 106.559 2013 106.559 112.686 2014 112.686 125.223 9.11% In early January 2010, you purchased $39,000 worth of some high-grade corporate bonds. The bonds carried a coupon of 7% and mature in 2024. You paid 96.241 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. (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 return 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.) O 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 12.77%. The high-grade corporate bond investment has outperformed the market. The average rate of return for the investment is 12.77% versus the average market rate of 5.83%