You purchase 1000 shares of a stock each year for five years. Assume that in the first

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You purchase 1000 shares of a stock each year for five years. Assume that in the first year the stock price is $20 per share and the shares increase in price by 1% per year.
(a) What is the value of your investment in five years?
(b) If the same company provides annual dividends equal to 3% of stock price, calculate the amount of dividends that an investor will attain over this five-year period.
(c) If a company provides a DRIP that allows investors to acquire stocks with the annual dividend of 3% at a discounted price of 5% below market price, calculate the value of the investment after five years.
Stocks
Stocks or shares are generally equity instruments that provide the largest source of raising funds in any public or private listed company's. The instruments are issued on a stock exchange from where a large number of general public who are willing...
Dividend
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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Contemporary Business Mathematics with Canadian Applications

ISBN: 978-0133052312

10th edition

Authors: S. A. Hummelbrunner, Kelly Halliday, K. Suzanne Coombs

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