Nancy Cotton bought 400 shares of NeTalk for $15 per share. One year later, Nancy sold the

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Nancy Cotton bought 400 shares of NeTalk for $15 per share. One year later, Nancy sold the stock for $21 per share, just after she received a $0.90 cash dividend from the company.
a. What is the total dollar return earned by Nancy for the year?
b. What is the rate of return earned by Nancy?
c. Separate the rate of return computed in part (b) into the dividend yield and the capital gains yield. In other words, compute the dividend yield and the capital gains yield that Nancy earned by holding NeTalk for one year.

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A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...
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Principles of Finance

ISBN: 978-1285429649

6th edition

Authors: Scott Besley, Eugene F. Brigham

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