James invests $100,000 in a city of athens bond that pays 8% interest. alternatively, james could have invested the $100,000 in a bond recently issued by hightech, inc. that pays 10% interest with similar risk as the city of athens bond. assume that james’s marginal tax rate is 25%. which bond should james should choose and why?

The James should choose city Athens bond because the amount of interest earned in city Athens bond is more.

Explanation:

Given:

Amount invested by James = $100,000

Rate of interest offered by city Athens bond = 8%

also,

rate of interest paid by the HighTech Inc. = 10%

Marginal tax rate = 25%

Now,

The amount of interest earned from the city Athens bonds

= Amount invested × Interest rate

= $100,000 × 0.08

= $8,000

and,

The amount of interest earned from the HighTech Inc bonds

= Amount invested × Tax rate

= The amount of interest earned from the city Athens bonds

= $100,000 × 0.10

= $10,000

Now,

the actual amount received after the marginal tax

= Interest earned - Marginal tax

= $10,000 - 0.25 × $10,000

= $7,500

Since,

the amount of interest earned in city Athens bond is more

Hence,

The James should choose city Athens bond

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