On January 2, 20X1, Schneider Company issues $100,000 of 7% bonds. Interest of $3,500 is payable semi-annually on June 30 and December 31. The bonds mature in 5 years. The market yield for bonds of similar risk and maturity is 8%. Utilizing the time value of money tables in your book, calculate the issue price of the bonds (round the result to whole dollars).

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?