Problems Your grandmother called you in for help. She is 75 and wants to make su

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Problems Your grandmother called you in for help. She is 75 and wants to make sure she has enough money to live comfortably for the last 15 years of her life. She is only interested in investments that are relatively assured of generating income periodically throughout the investment period. She currently has $420,000 to spend. Her financial advisor has offered the following selections. I. 5%, $200 preferred shares issued by Firm A. The shares currently have a required return of 4.1% II. 30-year coupon bonds with 22 years left until maturity. The bonds have a current YTM of 5.4% and a coupon rate of 5.7%. Face value is $1.000. compounding is semiannually. She wants to split her money equally between the two options. Given this, how much in annual income will she generate from the investments? You may round to the nearest whole stock or bond in determining the number purchased.

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Annual Income Will be $47414.15

Option Investment Req. Rate Current Price No. of Stock Face Value of Inv. Coupon Rate Annual Income I 210000 4.10% $243.90 861.00 172200.00 5% $8,610.00 II 210000 5.40% $308.47 680.77 680774.57 5.70% $38,804.15 $47,414.15

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