You purchased 300 shares of a particular stock at the beginning of the year at a price of $76.63. The stock paid a dividend of $1.60 per share, and the stock price at the end of the year was $83.14.

Required:

What was your dollar return on this investment? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

Dollar return

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Youve observed the following returns on Doyscher Corporations stock over the past five years: 24.6 percent, 13.4 percent, 29.8 percent, 2.2 percent, and 21.2 percent. The average inflation rate over this period was 3.22 percent and the average T-bill rate over the period was 4.3 percent.

Required:

(a)	What was the average real return on the stock? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

Average real return

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