(Calculating an? EAR)
Your grandmother asks for your help in choosing a certificate of deposit? (CD) from a bank with a? one-year maturity and a fixed interest rate. The first certificate of? deposit, CD? #1, pays 4.95 percent APR compounded weekly?, while the second certificate of? deposit, CD? #2, pays 5.00 percent APR compounded semiannually. What is the effective annual rate? (the EAR) of each? CD, and which CD do you recommend to your? grandmother?