Your subscription in Investing Wisely Weekly is about to expire. You plan to subscribe to the magazine for the rest of your life, and you can renew it by paying $85 annually, beginning immediately, or you can get a lifetime subscription for $850, also payable immediately. Assuming that you can carn 6.0 % on your funds and that the annual renewal rate will remain constant, how many years must you live to make the lifetime subscription the better buy? a. 88.0 b. 10.35 c. 12.18 d. 14.33 e. 7.48 A. U. S. Treasury bond will pay a lump sum of $1,000 exactly 3 years from today. The normal interest rate is 6%, semianuval compounding. Which of the following statements is CORRECT: a. The periodic rate is less than 3%. b. The present value would be greater if the lump sum were discounted back for more periods. The periodle interest rate is greater than 3%. The PV of the S1,000 lump sum has a smaller present value than the PV of a 3-years, $333, 33 ordinary annuity. The present value of the $1,000 would be larger if interest were compounded monthly rather than semianually. Suppose Community Bank offers to lend you $10,000 for one year at a nominal annual rate of 800%, but you must make interest payments at the end of each quarter and then pay off the $10,000 principal amount at the end of the year. What is the effective annual rate on the loan? a. 8.88% b. 9.10% c. 8.45% d. 8.24% e. 8.66% What is the present value of the following cash flow stream at a rate of 12.0%? a. $9.699 b. $11.284 c. $11.849 d. $10.210 e. $10.747 Niendorf Comporation's 5-year bonds yield 4.80%. The real risk-free rate is r^4 = 2.75%, the inflation premium for 5-years bonds is IP - 1.65%, the defaults risk premium for Niendorl's bonds is DRP = 1.20% versus zero for T- bonds and the maturity risk premium for all bonds is found with the formula MRP = (1 - 1) times 0.1%, where t = number of years to maturity. What is the liquidity premium (L.P) on Niendorl's bonds? a. 2.00% b. 1.80% c. 1.31% d. 1.62% e. 1.46%