Mr. Andrews in an investor who is willing to invest some amount in the financial securities for a period of 7 years. Company ZTC is offering a 7 year zero-coupon bond of the face value of $5,000. The yield-to-maturity (YTM) of this zero-coupon bond is 5.00% with semi-annual compounding. Mr. Andrews is really interested in buying this bond and wants to know the maximum current price of this bond he must pay?

Jose recently died with a probate estate of $900,000. he was predeceased by his wife, guadalupe, and his daughter, lucy. he has two surviving children, pete and fred. jose was also survived by eight grandchildren, pete’s three children, naomi, daniel, nick; fred’s three children, heather, chris and steve; and lucy’s two children, david and rachel. jose’s will states the following “i leave everything to my three children. if any of my children shall predecease me then i leave their share to their heirs, per stirpes.” which of the following statements is correct? (a) under jose’s will rachel will receive $150,000. (b) under jose’s will chris will receive $150,000. (c) under jose’s will nick will receive $100,000. (d) under jose’s will pete will receive $200,000.