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Chapter 12, Problem 7FPE
An investor in the 22 percent tax bracket is trying to decide which of two bonds to select: one is a 5.5 percent U.S. Treasury bond selling at par; the other is a municipal bond with a 4.25 percent coupon, which is also selling at par. Which of these two bonds should the investor select? Why?
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An investor in the 22 percent tax bracket is trying to decide which of two bonds to select: one is a 5.5 percent U.S. Treasury bond selling at par, the other is a municipal bond with a 4.25 percent coupon, which is also selling at par. Which of the two bonds hould the investor select? Why?
You are trying to decide between a par value corporate bond carrying a coupon rate of 6.25% per year and a par value municipal bond that pays an annual coupon rate of 4.75%. Assuming all other factors are the same and you are in the 28% tax bracket, which bond should you choose and why?
An investor is comparing the following two bonds: a bond from ABC Corp which pays an interest rate of 9 percent per year and a municipal bond which pays an interest rate of 7.9 percent per year. The investor is in the 22 percent tax bracket. Which bond will give the investor a higher after-tax interest rate and for which reason?
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The ABC bond because it pays a 9 percent interest rate, while the municipal bond only pays 7.9 percent.
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None of these is correct.
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The ABC bond because it pays an equivalent after-tax rate of 11.5 percent, while the municipal bond pays out an equivalent after-tax rate of 10.1 percent.
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The municipal bond because it pays an equivalent after-tax rate of 7.9 percent, while the ABC bond pays out an after-tax 7.02 percent interest rate.
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The municipal bond because it pays an equivalent after-tax rate of 7.9 percent, while the ABC bond pays out an equivalent after-tax rate of 2.0 percent.
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