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- Suppose that bond A and bond B are identical municipal issues, except that bond A is a general obligation bond, and bond B is a revenue bond. Which of the following statements is true? O A. Bond A will have a lower credit risk and a lower yield B. Bond B will have a lower credit risk and a lower yield C. Bond A will have a higher credit risk and a lower yield D. Bond B will have a lower credit risk and a higher yieldSuppose your local government decide to tax the interest income on its own bonds as part of an effort to rectify serious budgetary woes. What would you expect to see happen to the yields on these bondsWhat will happen to the price of bonds, quantity of bonds and interest rate if bonds become riskier than stocks and the government starts spending more than their tax revenue? Show this on a graph.
- 2. Which statement is not correct? a) Municipal bonds tend to have a lower yield than Treasuries b) Municipal bonds tend to have a lower rating than Treasuries c) Municipal bonds are "risk free" securities d) Municipal bonds are an interesting investment from a tax perspective2. Which of the following is a reason why zero-coupon bonds are the best way for high-income taxpayers to extract maximum value from tax-exempt state and local government bonds? a.The investments pay interest continually. b.The interest earned on the accumulated principal and interest is not tax-exempt. c.Zero-coupon bonds are high-risk, high-reward bonds. d.Zero-coupon bonds include more transaction fees. e.Zero-coupon bonds allow the investor to make additional tax-exempt investments.An increase in marginal tax rates would likely have the effect of □ a. increasing; increasing b. decreasing; decreasing O c. decreasing; increasing O d. increasing; decreasing the demand for municipal bonds and the demand for U.S. government bonds.
- What are municipal bonds? What characteristics makes them especially attractive to high-income investors?Compare the coupon rate and the interest rate regarding bonds. What is a par value? Describe the impact of a tax shield on fixed income yields.If a bond is issued by a governmental unit and there is a discount on this issue, what happens to the discount? (multiple answers possible) a goes to debt service fund to increase future interest costs b. increases the cost of the capital project cother resources will have to be found to make up the shortage d. the project will have to be scaled down De goes into the brokers pocket
- Briefly describe the differences between inflation and Deflation. Briefly describe what Municipal Bonds are as compared to General Obligation Bonds.Investors with high tax rates tend to prefer municipal bonds. Select one: True FalseIn detail, explain corporate bond interest in terms of cost of capital versus investor yields. Also, explain the municipal bond interest in terms of investor yields.