Assuming a 1-year, money market account investment at 2.51 percent (APY), a 1.1% inflation rate, a 25 percent marginal tax bracket, and a constant $40,000 balance, calculate the after-tax rate of return, the real return, and the total monetary return. What are the implications of this result for cash management decisions?
Assuming a 1-year, money market account investment at 2.51 percent (APY), a 1.1% inflation rate, a 25 percent marginal tax bracket, and a constant $40,000 balance, calculate the after-tax rate of return, the real return, and the total monetary return. What are the implications of this result for cash management decisions?
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Transcribed Image Text:Assuming a 1-year, money market account
investment at 2.51 percent (APY), a 1.1%
inflation rate, a 25 percent marginal tax
bracket, and a constant $40,000 balance,
calculate the after-tax rate of return, the real
return, and the total monetary return. What
are the implications of this result for cash
management decisions?
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