Question

a. share information about the stock including the stock's name, Reuter's code
b. explain what the market measure means
c outline a benefit and limitation of using the dividend yield as a measure of return

Answer 1

a) The stock name is Walmart with Reuters code WMT.N. The price is 102 USD and the market cap is 236 billion. The beta is 0.32 and the dividend yield around 2.40%.

B) The market measure is a market determining metric for a stock which reveals its attractiveness for potential investors. These include metrics such as dividend yield, pe ratio etc

C) The benefit is that it is a simple measure which provides the regular expected cash flow from the stock in an effective manner. The limitation is that it doesn't capture capital appreciation potential.