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1.An investor is in the 25% marginal income-tax bracket. What is the taxable equ

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1.An investor is in the 25% marginal income-tax bracket. What is the taxable equivalent yield of a municipal bond with a yield to maturity of 2.8% for this investor?

A.11.2%

B.3.73%

C.2.10%

D.0.70%

2.Consider that you bought 50 shares of General Electric stock a year ago at $23.60 per share. By the end of the year, the company had paid $0.82 per share in dividends and its price now is $26.57. What was your profit in dollars?

A.$379.00

B.$189.50

C.$145.50

D.$41.00

3.Among stocks, long-term Treasury bonds, and Treasury bills, which has exhibited the least amount of risk over the past sixty years?

A.Stocks

B.Long-term Treasury bonds

C.Treasury bills

D.All had about the same risk

4.Which stock index represents a price average of 30 large stocks that together represent roughly 30 percent of the total stock value of all U.S. equities?

A.Dow Jones Industrial Average.

B.Standard & Poor's 500 Index.

C.S&P Industrial Average.

D.Nasdaq Composite.

5.A bond with 7 years left to maturity has a 5% coupon rate and is priced at $1,045.80. What is its yield to maturity? (assume a $1,000 par value and semiannual interest payments)

A.5.00%

B.2.12%

C.4.24%

D.2.5%

6.What is the purpose of the par value on a bond?

A.It is a benefit to the issuer for calling the bond.

B.It is the date the principal will be repaid.

C.It is the interest rate used to compute the bond

A.11.2%

B.3.73%

C.2.10%

D.0.70%

Explanation / Answer

1. B 2.8(1-.25)= 3.73

2. B

3. C

4. A

5. C

6. D