Question

Suppose you bought 650 shares of stock at an initial price of $48 per share. The stock paid a dividend of $.50 per share during the following year, and the share price at the end of the year was $43.

a. Compute your total dollar return on this investment. (A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign.)

Dollar return:

b. What is the capital gains yield? (A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Capital Gains Yield:

c. What is the dividend yield? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Dividend Yield:

d. What is the total rate of return on the investment? (A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Total rate of return:

Answer 1