Minneapolis Pipelines pays an annual dividend of $.80 per share on its preferred stock. The stock currently

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Minneapolis Pipelines pays an annual dividend of $.80 per share on its preferred stock. The stock currently sells for $12 per share. Maplewood Chemicals is considering investing idle cash ip either Minneapolis's preferred stock or a bond yielding 9.8%. If Maplcwood's marginal tax rate is 34%, which investment is more attractive?
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A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...
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Fundamentals of Investments

ISBN: 978-0132926171

3rd edition

Authors: Gordon J. Alexander, William F. Sharpe, Jeffery V. Bailey

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