Your Aunt Agnes is ready to retire after a 44-year career as a nurse. She will be 65 on April 1^stand desires nothing more than to move to Florida and live in a small condo on a beach (a two bedroom, so her favorite relative you can visit anytime). Agnes estimates that to live in Florida, she will need approximately $45,000 per year to live on. Her Social Security Check is estimated at the national average of $1,658 per month.

Your task? Using the Rule of 102 and her $475,000 in 401K savings, create a diversified investment portfolio that will allow Aunt Agnes to live out her dream. Then, create a simple writeup of your plan, noting why you chose to make the investment decisions you did.

Step 1: Determine Stocks + Bonds First, determine the mix of stocks and bonds she should have. To do this, you will need to solve the 10 bond problems in the box below for one missing item.

10 Bond Problems

1. A 5-year bond issued by Bank of America with a 3.8% coupon and a 4.5% yield to maturity.
2. A 10-year Treasury bond with a 3.7% yield to maturity and a 3.5% coupon.
3. An 8-year Treasury bond paying $19 every six months and a 3.4% annual yield to maturity.
4. A 2-year bond issued by Duke Energy with a 4% coupon and 3.9% market interest rate.
5. A development bond issued by the new St. Louis soccer stadium developers, priced at $1,234.48 per bond, with a market interest rate of 4.5% and a 25-year life.
6. A 15 semi-annual year Treasury bond with a yield to maturity of 3.1% and a price of $1000.
7. An Apple corporate bond with 8 years left to maturity is priced at $984.24 and a market rate of 3%.
8. A 1-year Treasury, priced at $1,015.34, paying $37 annually.
9. A 4-year bond from Walmart with a $24 interest payment every six months is priced at $1,085.43.
10. A 3-year Treasury bond with a 3.1% coupon is priced at $985.24.