A company issued bonds 8 years ago with original maturity of 25 years, 7.5% coupon rate with semiannual coupon payments, and a par value of $1,000. The current market interest rate is 11.75%. What is the bond's price? a. $718.52

b. $690.22

c. $780.75

d. $890.46

e. $814.97​

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?