9. Reading and analyzing stock quotes

Interpreting Stock Market Data

The following table displays hypothetical stock quotations. Use the information in the table to answer the questions that follow.

Listed Stock Quotes

Company	Ticker	High	Low	Last Price*	Net Change**	YTD %***	Div. Yield	P/E Ratio
Realtime	RT	116.46	84.70	105.87	2.92	2.10	0	44
NamurKa	NMK	41.65	27.23	32.04	1.65	7.63	6.2	11
TStar	TS	366.59	238.28	305.49	0.80	5.46	1.6	26

*Last price for the day **Net change in price from previous day ***Year-to-date percentage change in stock price

Of the three stocks listed, a retiree who lives partially off of investment income would be best off holding ? TStar, NamurKa, Realtime because of its ? high dividend yield, high PE ratio, YTD% change .

You can calculate that Realtime had per-share earnings for the most recent 12-month period of ? $ 0.12, $ 2.41, $ 32.04, $ 105.87 .

If you had purchased 100 shares of TStar stock yesterday at the last price of the day, you would have ? earned a profit, suffered a loss of $ 0.80, $ 80.00, $ 305.49, $ 366.59 if you sold all 100 shares at the last price today.