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62.
Today, you sold 200 shares of Indian River Produce stock. Your total return
on these shares is 6.2 percent. You purchased the shares one year ago at a
price of $31.10 a share. You have received a total of $100 in dividends over
the course of the year. What is your capital gains yield on this investment?
63.
Four months ago, you purchased 1,500 shares of Lakeside Bank stock for
$11.20 a share. You have received dividend payments equal to $0.25 a
share. Today, you sold all of your shares for $8.60 a share. What is your
total dollar return on this investment?
64.
One year ago, you purchased 500 shares of Best Wings, Inc. stock at a price
of $9.75 a share. The company pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share.
Today, you sold all of your shares for $15.60 a share. What is your total
percentage return on this investment?
65.
Last year, you purchased a stock at a price of $47.10 a share. Over the
course of the year, you received $2.40 per share in dividends while inflation
averaged 3.4 percent. Today, you sold your shares for $49.50 a share. What
is your approximate real rate of return on this investment?
66.
One year ago, you purchased 150 shares of a stock at a price of $54.18 a
share. Today, you sold those shares for $40.25 a share. During the past
year, you received total dividends of $182 while inflation averaged 4.2
percent. What is your approximate real rate of return on this investment?
67.
What is the amount of the risk premium on a U.S. Treasury bill if the risk-
free rate is 2.8 percent and the market rate of return is 8.35 percent?
68.
A stock had returns of 11 percent, -18 percent, -21 percent, 20 percent, and
34 percent over the past five years. What is the standard deviation of these
returns?
69.
The common stock of Air United, Inc., had annual returns of 15.6 percent,
2.4 percent, -11.8 percent, and 32.9 percent over the last four years,
respectively. What is the standard deviation of these returns?
70.
A stock had annual returns of 3.6 percent, -8.7 percent, 5.6 percent, and
12.5 percent over the past four years. Which one of the following best
describes the probability that this stock will produce a return of 22 percent
or more in a single year?
71.
A stock has an expected rate of return of 13 percent and a standard
deviation of 21 percent. Which one of the following best describes the
probability that this stock will lose at least half of its value in any one given
year?
72.
A stock has returns of 18 percent, 15 percent, -21 percent, and 6 percent for
the past four years. Based on this information, what is the 95 percent
probability range of returns for any one given year?
73.
Your friend is the owner of a stock which had returns of 25 percent, -36
percent, 1 percent, and 16 percent for the past four years. Your friend thinks
the stock may be able to achieve a return of 50 percent or more in a single
year. Based on these returns, what is the probability that your friend is
correct?
74.
A stock had returns of 15 percent, 8 percent, 12 percent, -15 percent, and -4
percent for the past five years. Based on these returns, what is the
approximate probability that this stock will return at least 20 percent in any
one given year?
75.
A stock had returns of 14 percent, 13 percent, -10 percent, and 7 percent
for the past four years. Which one of the following best describes the
probability that this stock will lose no more than 10 percent in any one
year?
76.
Over the past five years, a stock produced returns of 11 percent, 14 percent,
4 percent, -9 percent, and 5 percent. What is the probability that an investor
in this stock will not lose more than 10 percent in any one given year?
77.
A stock has annual returns of 6 percent, 14 percent, -3 percent, and 2
percent for the past four years. The arithmetic average of these returns is
_____ percent while the geometric average return for the period is _____
percent.
78.
A stock has annual returns of 5 percent, 21 percent, -12 percent, 7 percent,
and -6 percent for the past five years. The arithmetic average of these
returns is _____ percent while the geometric average return for the period is
_____ percent.
79.
A stock had returns of 16 percent, 4 percent, 8 percent, 14 percent, -9
percent, and -5 percent over the past six years. What is the geometric
average return for this time period?
80.
A stock had the following prices and dividends. What is the geometric
average return on this stock?
