After Saving Diligently Your Entire Career, You and Your Spouse

question 137

Multiple Choice

After saving diligently your entire career, you and your spouse are ready to retire with a nest egg of $500,000. You need to invest this money in a mix of stocks and bonds that will allow you to earn $4,000 per month for 30 years. What annual interest rate (APR) do you need to earn?

• A) 6.92 percent
• B) 7.45 percent
• C) 8.94 percent
• D) 9.17 percent

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Definitions:

Weighted Average

A calculation that takes into account the varying degrees of importance of the numbers in a data set by assigning weights to each number.

Period Costs

Expenses that are not directly tied to the production process and are accounted for in the period they are incurred, such as selling and administrative expenses.

Weighted Average Method

An inventory costing method that calculates the cost of goods sold and ending inventory based on the weighted average cost of all units available for sale during the period.

Equivalent Units

A concept in process costing that converts partially completed units into a number of fully completed units to accurately calculate costs.