Suppose you bought 500 shares of stock at an initial price of $40 per share. The stock paid a dividend of $.34 per share during the following year, and the share price at the end of the year was $35.
a. Compute your total dollar return on this investment. (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Omit the"$" sign in your response.)
Dollar return $
b. What is the capital gains yield? (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. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)
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. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)
Dividend yield %
d. What is the total rate of return on the investment? (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. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)
Total rate of return %