Maurice Is Currently Considering Investing in a High Dividend Yield

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Essay

Maurice is currently considering investing in a high dividend yield stock with no growth potential that pays a 6 percent dividend yield or bonds issued by the Coca-Cola Company that pay 8 percent. If Maurice's ordinary tax rate is 25 percent and his dividend tax rate is 15 percent, which investment should he choose? Which investment should he choose if his ordinary tax rate is 30 percent? At what ordinary tax rate would he be indifferent between the stock and the bond? What strategy is this decision based upon?

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