Stocks and Bonds Answers

Your current CD matures in a few days. You would like to find an investment with a higher rate of return than the CD. Stocks historically have a rate of return between 10% and 12%, but you do not like the risk involved. You have been looking at bond listings in the newspaper. A friend wants you to look at the following corporate bonds as a possible investment. What was the price of the XYZ bond on the previous day?

You were given 40 shares of Google stock the day you turned 18. Financal Weekly listed the stock today at $32.67. On your 18th birthday, the value of the stock was $15.10 per share. If you were to sell the stock today, determine the total amount you would receive.

Examine the following typical corporate bond listing: In the name column, NYTel is the abbreviated name of the company (New York Telephone) issuing the bond. What is the maturity date of the bond?

Your current CD matures in a few days. You would like to find an investment with a higher rate of return than the CD. Stocks historically have a rate of return between 10% and 12%, but you do not like the risk involved. You have been looking at bond listings in the newspaper. A friend wants you to look at the following corporate bonds as a possible investment. If you buy five of the XYZ bonds with $8 commission for each, how much will it cost?

You purchase five municipal bonds on the first of the year. The current market value price is 101. The commission charge is $8 per bond. What is the cost of the purchasing these bonds?

Examine the following typical corporate bond listing: In the name column, NYTel is the abbreviated name of the company (New York Telephone) issuing the bond. What was the previous closing price of the bond? What was the dollar amount?

Using the table below, determine how much you will receive in dividends for the year from Cisco Systems given that you currently hold 100 shares.

Your current CD matures in a few days. You would like to find an investment with a higher rate of return than the CD. Stocks historically have a rate of return between 10% and 12%, but you do not like the risk involved. You have been looking at bond listings in the newspaper. A friend wants you to look at the following corporate bonds as a possible investment. What was the price of the ABC bond on the previous day?

Use the following bond listing for Pacific Bell to answer the following: What is the amount of interest paid each year?

As you are going through family records, you notice that your great-grandfather purchased 500 shares at $2.10 a share for a company called Bubba Gump Shrimp. When you search the internet for this company, you found that they list the value of their stock at $154.16 per share. You decide to sell all the shares and invest this into a retirement fund paying 9% annual interest. If you were to sell all your great-grandfathers shares, how much would you have to invest in your retirement?