A stock is selling today for $60 per share. At the end of the year, it pays a dividend of $3 per share and sells for $63.
a. What is the total rate of return on the stock? (Enter your answer as a whole percent.)
b. What are the dividend yield and percentage capital gain? (Enter your answers as a whole percent.)
c. Now suppose the year-end stock price after the dividend is paid is $54. What are the dividend yield and percentage capital gain in this case? (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter your answers as a whole percent.)
d. Is there any change in the dividend yield calculated in parts (b) and (c)?
For Part D, it is either affected/unaffected and it is based on intial price/first price. Choose one of each