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HW5E (HPR, APR, EAR, Arithmetic mean and geometric mean of returns)
Question 1
The prices for the White Swan Corporation for the first quarter of the last year are given below. Find the holding period return (percentage return) for February.
End of the
month
Stock
price
January
94.02
February
90.35
March
108.22
Round the answers to two decimal places in percentage form. (Write the percentage sign in the "units" box)
Your Answer: -3.90%
Solution: Question 2
You purchased 100 shares of General Motors stock at a price of $98.99 one year ago. You sold all stocks today for $102.76. During the year, the stock paid dividends of $5.79 per share. What is your holding period return?
Round the answers to two decimal places in percentage form. (Write the percentage sign in the "units" box)
.
Your Answer: 9.66%
Solution:
HW5E (HPR, APR, EAR, Arithmetic mean and geometric mean of returns)
Question 3
You purchased 300 shares of General Electric stock at a price of $61.56 four years ago. You sold all stocks today for $69.92. During that period the stock paid dividends of $3.91 per share. What is your annualized holding period return (annual percentage rate)?
Round the answers to two decimal places in percentage form.
(Write the percentage sign in the "units" box)
Your Answer: 4.98%
Solution: Question 4
John purchased 100 shares of Black Forest Inc. stock at a price of
$155.95 three months ago. He sold all stocks today for
$160.90. During this period the stock paid dividends of
$6.19 per share. What is John’s annualized holding period return (annual percentage rate)?
Round the answers to two decimal places in percentage form.
(Write the percentage sign in the "units" box)
Your Answer: 28.57%
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