1. At the beginning of the year, you invest $1,000 in a company's common stock. During the year, the company pays you $75 in dividends. At the end of the year, you sell the stock and get $975. What is the rate of return on your investment?
2. United Technologies current stock price is $109.61. It earned $6.53 per share last year and paid a dividend of $2.80 per share. What is their Dividend Yield?
3. You buy 100 shares United Technology at its current stock price of $109.61 and pay your stock broker $100 in commission. United Technologies pays you $2.80 per share during the year in dividends. At the end of the year you sell United Technologies shares for $120.00 per share and pay your stock broker another $100 in commissions. What is your total return on this investment?