Essentials of Investment

A municipal bond carries a coupon of 7%  and is trading at par what would be the equivelant taxable yield off this bond to atax payer in a 40% tax bracket?

 

a municipal bond carries a coupon rate of 7% and is trading at par. A corporate pays a rate of 10%at what marginal tax rate would an investor be in deferent between these two bonds?

 

the current price for google stock is $800 per share and you have 40,000 of your own money. Suppose your brokers initial margin requirement is 50%of the value of the position and maintenance margin is 30% of the value pisitiwhat what is your maximum possible loss if you short google at $800?

 

suppose you are bullish on google and buy 100 shares of google at $800 per sharer . How low can the price if the stock drop before you get the margin call if the maintenance margin is 30% of the value of the short position ?

 

suppose you are bearish on google and short 100 shares of google at $800 how high can the price of the stock go before you get a margins call if the maintenance margin is 30% of the value of the short position?