Last month Jim purchased ​$ of U. S. Treasury bonds​ (their face value was ​$​). These bonds have a ​-year maturity​ period, and they pay ​% interest every three months​ (i. e., the APR is ​%, and Jim receives a check for ​$ every three​ months). But interest rates for similar securities have since risen to a ​% APR because of interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve Board. In view of the​ interest-rate increase to ​%, what is the current value of​ Jim's bonds? The current value of​ Jim's bonds is nothing. ​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

In 2018, laureen is currently single. she paid $2,800 of qualified tuition and related expenses for each of her twin daughters sheri and meri to attend state university as freshmen ($2,800 each for a total of $5,600). sheri and meri qualify as laureen’s dependents. laureen also paid $1,900 for her son ryan’s (also laureen’s dependent) tuition and related expenses to attend his junior year at state university. finally, laureen paid $1,200 for herself to attend seminars at a community college to her improve her job skills.what is the maximum amount of education credits laureen can claim for these expenditures in each of the following alternative scenarios? a. laureen's agi is $45,000.b. laureen’s agi is $95,000.c. laureen’s agi is $45,000 and laureen paid $12,000 (not $1,900) for ryan to attend graduate school (i.e, his fifth year, not his junior year).

Investors who put their own money into a startup are known as a. mannequins b. obligators c. angels d. borrowers

Rate of return douglas keel, a financial analyst for orange industries, wishes to estimate the rate of return for two similar-risk investments, x and y. douglas's research indicates that the immediate past returns will serve as reasonable estimates of future returns. a year earlier, investment x had a market value of $27 comma 000; and investment y had a market value of $46 comma 000. during the year, investment x generated cash flow of $2 comma 025 and investment y generated cash flow of $ 6 comma 770. the current market values of investments x and y are $28 comma 582 and $46 comma 000, respectively. a. calculate the expected rate of return on investments x and y using the most recent year's data. b. assuming that the two investments are equally risky, which one should douglas recommend? why?