What is the least-risky asset for each of the following investors?a. A person investing for her 3-year-old child’s college tuition.b. A defined benefit pension fund with benefit obligations that have an average duration of 10 years. The benefits are not inflation-protected.c. A defined benefit pension fund with benefit obligations that have an average duration of 10 years. The benefits are inflation-protected.

Your company sponsors a 401(k) plan into which you deposit 10 percent of your $120,000 annual Income. Your company matches 75 percent of the first 10 percent of your earnings. You expect the fund to yield 12 percent next year. Assume you are currently in the 31 percent tax bracket. a. What is your annual Investment in the 401(k) plan? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place. (e.g., 32.1)) b. What is your one-year return? (Round your answer to 3 decimal places. (e.g., 32.161)) a. Annual investment b. One-year return 184.000 %

If a CFP® professional engaging in financial planning represents his compensation method as fee-only, then which of the following is an acceptable form of compensation for him? A) Fees collected on the management of a client's investment assets VOC CA 103000 Ane Mon som mempun B) A commission earned on the sale of a variable annuity D de pe imp hun 2001 que 200 OC) A commission earned on the sale of a term life policy O D) A commission earned on the sale of a whole life policy

For life insurance policies, some of the premium pays for the cost of the insurance, and the remainder goes toward the cash value of the policy and earns interest like a savings account. Consider the following insurance company options. Company 1: pays 4.2% compounded monthly on the cash value of their policies Company 2: pays 4.21% compounded semiannually on the cash value of their policies   What is the APY offered by each company? (Round your answers to the nearest hundredth.) Company 1 % Company 2 %