1. How much will Bill Rodgers need to invest today so that he may withdraw $7,000 each year for the next 9 years, assuming a rate of 11 percent compounded annually? (Use the tables in the handbook or handout.)
2. One argument advanced in favor of financing with term bonds secured by some sort of a sinking fund is that earnings on investments held by the debt service fund will reduce the amount of support required from other sources. What is your opinion of the validity of this argument?