Currently, a threeminus year Treasury note pays 4.75%. Assuming that your tax rate is 20%, what is the minimum interest rate that you would you need to earn on a taxminus free municipal bond in order to buy it instead? A. 0.95% B. 15.25% C. 3.8% D. 5.7%
C. 3.8%
Minimum interest rate = 4.75%(1 - 0.20)
Minimum interest rate = 4.75%(0.80)
Minimum interest rate = 3.8%
Currently, a threeminus year Treasury note pays 4.75%. Assuming that your tax rate is 20%, what...
1. A 10 year Treasury Note currently pays a nominal interest rate of 2.25%. 10 year corporate investment grade bonds are currently paying a nominal interest rate of 4.5%. What is the risk premium for corporate bonds? 2. An insurance agent is trying to sell you an immediate-retirement annuity (big surprise), which for a single amount paid today will provide you with $12,000 at the end of each year for the next 25 years. You currently earn 9% on low risk...
A 10 year Treasury Note currently pays a nominal interest rate of 2.25%. 10 year corporate investment grade bonds are currently paying a nominal interest rate of 4.5%. What is the risk premium for corporate bonds?
3. Suppose you buy a 3-year treasury note for $1,000 with a coupon rate of 2%. (a) If the risk-free rate remains at 2% for all treasury securities, how much could you sell this bond for after (i) 1 year, (ii) 2 years, (iii) 3 years? (b) If after 2 years you decide to sell this bond, how much would it be worth if the prevailing interest rate is (i) 1.5%, (ii) 3%? (c) Suppose after 1 year the interest...
1. A $1,000 Treasury note has 4.5 years left to maturity, a yield to maturity of 4.25 percent, and a coupon rate of 4.50 percent. What is the price of the bond? Group of answer choices $1,007.83 $1,010.14 $1,008.53 $1,011.96 $1,009.56 2. A corporate bond is yielding 7.31 percent and a municipal bond is yielding 4.75 percent. What is the critical marginal tax rate? 3. You own a principal STRIPS which is based on a 4.5 percent coupon Treasury bond...
3. (20 points) You can buy or sell a 3.000% coupon $1,000 par U.S. Treasury Note that matures in 5 years. The first coupon payment pays 6 months from now, and the Note pays coupons semi-annually until maturity. It also pays par on maturity. The Yield to Maturity of the Note right now (treat this as your discount rate) is 4.000%. (a) What are the cash flows associated with this Note? (b) Which of these cash flows are annuity dues,...
3. (20 points) You can buy or sell a 3.0 % coupon $1,000 par U.S. Treasury Note that matures in 30 years. The first coupon payment pays 6 months from now, and the Note pays coupons semi-annually until maturity. It also pays par on maturity. The Yield to Maturity of the Note right now (treat this as your discount rate) is 4.0%. (a) What are the cash flows associated with this Note? (b) Which of these cash flows are annuity...
Your Retirement part II The 30-year United States Treasury bond is currently yielding about 287%. After reviewing Quiz 4, you decide you want to have $1,000,000 worth of bonds to begin your retirement, because the interest earned from a bank's savings account is lousy. Assuming you make annual purchases of 30-year Treasury bonds (think 2.87% annual interest), how much do you need to purchase each year in order to have $1,000,000 at the end of 35 years? Hint: Suppose y(t)...
20. Assume you live in a state with a state income tax. The current Republican tax bill will get rid of the tax deductibility of State and Local Taxes (SALT) when filing your Federal Income Taxes. This means you will no longer be able to deduct amount of the state income tax you pay when you file your federal income taxes. If you invest in a Treasury Bond that pays an annual coupon interest rate of 4% and you are...
If the current one year interest rate is 3.5% and next year’s one year rate is 5.5%, what is the current two year rate? If the current three year interest rate is 7%, what is the current one year interest rate? Assume next year’s one year rate is 5.5% and the one year rate two years from now is 7.25%. Find the one year interest rate for four years from now. Assume the five year interest rate is 5.5%, the...
Assuming today is 3/20/20, your firm wants to purchase a $10,000 par value U.S. Treasury bond with 30 years to maturity, annual coupon rate of 2.00% with semiannual coupon payments. The market annual yield to maturity on 30-year "T" bonds, found in the US Treasury Yield curve, is 1.55%. http:/www.treasur es ab curte interest rates/Page Test Virw. danield Dab 1 mo 2 momomo 1 yr yr y syy 320/2020 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.15 0.37 0.41 0.52 0.82 0.92 1.35...