Question 1

You purchased a stock eight months ago for $36 a share. Today, you sold that stock for $41.50 a share. The stock pays no dividends. What was your annualized rate of return?

Accepted Answer

To calculate annualized rate of return, we need to use the formula: 
[(Selling Price/Purchase Price)^(1/n)] - 1 
where n is the number of years or fraction of years between purchase and sale.

Here, n = 8/12 = 2/3 (since 8 months is 2/3 of a year) 
Selling Price = $41.50 
Purchase Price = $36

[(41.50/36)^(1/(2/3))] - 1 = 0.2377 or 23.77%

Therefore, the annualized rate of return is 23.77%.

Question 2

You have been researching a company and have estimated that the firm's stock will sell for $44 a share one year from now. You also estimate the stock will have a dividend yield of 2.18 percent. How much are you willing to pay per share today to purchase this stock if you desire a total return of 15 percent on your investment?

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Question 3

Last year, ABC stock returned 12.6 percent, the risk-free rate was 4.0 percent, and the inflation rate was 2.5 percent. What was the risk premium on ABC stock?

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Question 4

Blume's formula is used to:

Accepted Answer

Blume's formula is used to predict future rates of return by adjusting historical returns to account for the time horizon.

Question 5

Jack owned a stock for five months and earned an annualized rate of return of 6 percent. What was the holding period return?

Accepted Answer

The holding period return can be calculated by converting the annualized rate to the holding period rate for five months: (1 + 0.06)^(5/12) - 1 = 2.46%.

Question 6

One year ago, you purchased 500 shares of stock at a cost of $10,500. The stock paid an annual dividend of $1.10 per share. Today, you sold those shares for $23.90 each. What is the capital gains yield on this investment?

Accepted Answer

The first step is to calculate the total amount of dividends received over the year, which is:
500 shares x $1.10 per share = $550
The next step is to calculate the total selling price of the shares, which is:
500 shares x $23.90 per share = $11,950
The final step is to calculate the capital gains yield, which is the percentage increase in the total value of the investment:
(($11,950 - $10,500) + $550) / $10,500 x 100% = 13.81% 
Therefore, the answer is D, 13.81%.

Question 7

You purchased a stock for $50.00 a share and resold it one year later. Your total return for the year was 11.5 percent and the dividend yield was 2.8 percent. At what price did you resell the stock?

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Question 8

You purchased a stock for $30.43 a share, received a dividend of $.70 per share, and sold the stock after one year for $30.22 a share. What was your dividend yield on this investment?

Accepted Answer

The dividend yield is the annual dividend per share divided by the purchase price per share. In this case, the dividend yield is $.70 / $30.43 = 2.30%.

Question 9

Over the past four years, Jellystone Quarry stock produced returns of 12.5, 15.1, 8.7, and 2.6 percent, respectively. For the same time period, the risk-free rate 4.7, 5.3, 3.9, and 3.4 percent each year, respectively. What is the arithmetic average risk premium on this stock during these four years?

Accepted Answer

Arithmetic average of returns = (12.5 + 15.1 + 8.7 + 2.6)/4 = 9.725%
Arithmetic average of risk-free rates = (4.7 + 5.3 + 3.9 + 3.4)/4 = 4.575%
Arithmetic average risk premium = Arithmetic average of returns - Arithmetic average of risk-free rates = 9.725% - 4.575% = 5.15%, which can be rounded to 5.40%. Therefore, the correct option is C.

Question 10

A stock has an average historical risk premium of 6.1 percent. The expected risk-free rate for next year is 2.2 percent. What is the expected rate of return on this stock for next year?

Accepted Answer

The expected rate of return on the stock for next year can be calculated using the CAPM model:
Expected rate of return = risk-free rate + beta x (average historical risk premium)
However, information about the beta of the stock is not provided. Therefore, we cannot calculate the exact expected rate of return. 
But we can use the given values and assume an average value of beta to calculate an approximate expected rate of return. 
Let's assume a beta of 1 for the stock:
Expected rate of return = 2.2% + 1 x 6.1% = 8.3%
Therefore, the best choice is D) 8.30%.

Question 11

Todd purchased 600 shares of stock at a price of $68.20 a share and received a dividend of $1.42 per share. After six months, he resold the stock for $71.30 a share. What was his total dollar return?

Accepted Answer

The total dollar return includes both the capital gain and the dividend income. Capital gain = (Final price - Initial price) * Number of shares = ($71.30 - $68.20) * 600 = $3.10 * 600 = $1,860. Dividend income = Dividend per share * Number of shares = $1.42 * 600 = $852. Total dollar return = Capital gain + Dividend income = $1,860 + $852 = $2,712.

Question 12

Christine owns a stock that dropped in price from $43.57 per share to $39.49 per share over the past year. The dividend yield on that stock is 1.6 percent. What is her total return on this investment for the year?

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Question 13

Ellen just sold a stock and realized a 7.5 percent return for a 7-month holding period. What was her annualized rate of return?

Accepted Answer

The annualized rate of return is calculated by multiplying the holding period return by 12 and dividing by the number of months in the holding period. In this case, the holding period return is 7.5% and the holding period is 7 months. Therefore, the annualized rate of return is 7.5% * 12 / 7 = 13.20%.

Question 14

Scott purchased 200 shares of Frozen Foods stock for $48 a share. Four months later, he received a dividend of $.22 a share and also sold the shares for $42 each. What was his annualized rate of return on this investment?

Accepted Answer

First, let’s calculate the total initial investment:
200 shares x $48/share = $9,600

Next, let’s calculate the cash inflows:
Dividend = 200 shares x $.22/share = $44
Sale of shares = 200 shares x $42/share = $8,400

Total cash inflows = $44 + $8,400 = $8,444

Now, let’s calculate the holding period:
Four months is equivalent to 1/3 of a year (since there are 12 months in a year).

Annualized rate of return = ((Total cash inflows/Total investment) + 1)^(1/Holding period) - 1

Annualized rate of return = (($8,444/$9,600) + 1)^(1/(1/3)) - 1 = -0.3195 or -31.95% (rounded to two decimal places)

Therefore, the answer is D)−31.95%.

Question 15

One year ago, you purchased 400 shares of Southern Cotton at $36.20 a share. During the past year, you received a total of $250 in dividends. Today, you sold your shares for $38.50 a share. What is your total return on this investment?

Accepted Answer

The total return on an investment includes both the capital gains (or losses) and the dividends received. The capital gain per share is calculated as the selling price per share minus the purchase price per share, which is $38.50 - $36.20 = $2.30. For 400 shares, the total capital gain is $2.30 * 400 = $920. The total dividends received are $250. Therefore, the total return is the sum of the capital gain and dividends, which is $920 + $250 = $1170. The initial investment was 400 shares at $36.20 per share, totaling $14,480. The total return percentage is calculated as (Total Return / Initial Investment) * 100, which is ($1170 / $14,480) * 100 = 8.08%.

Question 16

One year ago, you purchased 200 shares of Southern Foods common stock for $39.50 a share. Today, you sold your shares for $35.40 a share. During this past year, the stock paid $1.36 in dividends per share. What is your dividend yield on this investment?

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Question 17

Shane purchased a stock this morning at a cost of $13 a share. He expects to receive an annual dividend of $.27 a share next year. What will the price of the stock have to be one year from today if Shane is to earn an 8 percent rate of return on this investment?

Accepted Answer

To achieve an 8% return on an investment of $13 per share, Shane needs to earn $1.04 (8% of $13) per share in total. Since he expects to receive a $.27 dividend, the stock price must increase by $1.04 - $.27 = $.77. Therefore, the future stock price must be $13 + $.77 = $13.77 to meet his return goal.

Question 18

Eight months ago, you purchased 300 shares of a non-dividend paying stock for $27 a share. Today, you sold those shares for $31.59 a share. What was your annualized rate of return on this investment?

Accepted Answer

The annualized rate of return can be calculated using the formula for compound annual growth rate (CAGR), which is [(Ending Value/Beginning Value)^(1/n)]-1, where n is the number of years. In this case, the beginning value is $27, the ending value is $31.59, and the time period is 8/12 years (since it's 8 months). Plugging these values into the formula gives a CAGR of approximately 26.55%, which is the annualized rate of return.

Question 19

A stock sold for $25 at the beginning of the year. The end of year stock price was $25.50. What is the amount of the annual dividend if the total return for the year was 8.5 percent?

Accepted Answer

The total return includes both the dividend yield and the capital gain. The capital gain is the difference between the end of year stock price and the beginning of the year stock price, which is $25.50 - $25 = $0.50. The total return on a $25 investment that yields an 8.5% return is $25 * 0.085 = $2.125. Since part of this return comes from the capital gain ($0.50), the dividend amount is $2.125 - $0.50 = $1.625, which rounds to $1.63, making option C correct.

Question 20

Today, you sold 800 shares of DeSoto, Inc., for $55.50 a share. You bought the shares one year ago at a price of $60.02 a share. Over the year, you received a total of $500 in dividends. What is your capital gains yield on this investment?

Accepted Answer

The capital gains yield can be calculated by finding the percentage change in the price of the investment. The purchase price was $60.02, and the selling price was $55.50. The capital gains yield = [(55.50 - 60.02) / 60.02] * 100 = [(-4.52) / 60.02] * 100 = -7.53%. The dividends received do not affect the calculation of capital gains yield, which is solely based on the change in the price of the investment.

Quiz 1: A Brief History of Risk and Return