Essentials of Investments (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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ISBN: 9780077835422
Author: Zvi Bodie Professor, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 15PS
An investor is in a 30% combined federal plus stale tax bracket. If corporate bonds offer 9% yields, what yield must municipals offer for the investor to prefer them to corporate bonds (LO 2-1)
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1. You are in the 30% tax bracket (federal & state taxes combined). A corporate bond is yielding 9%.
Assuming that all non-tax features (e.g. risk) are identical, what yield would a municipal bond
("Muni") have to offer in order for you to prefer it over the corporate?
An investor is trying to decide between a muni paying 5.75% or an equivalent taxable corporate paying 8.25%. What is the minimum marginal tax rate the investor must have to consider buying the municipal bond?
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An investor purchases one municipal and one corporate bond that pay rates of return of 6% and 8%, respectively. If the investor is in the 24% marginal tax bracket, his or her after-tax rates of return on the municipal and corporate bonds would be ________ and ______, respectively. A) 6%; 8% B) 4.5%; 6% C) 4.5%; 8% D) 6%; 6.08%Please provide justification
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Essentials of Investments (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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