A stock is bought for $23.25 and sold for $28.69 a year later, immediately after it has paid a dividend of $4.18. What is the capital gain rate for this transaction?  NOTE: Enter the PERCENTAGE number rounding to two decimals. If your decimal answer is 0.034576, your answer must be 3.46. DO NOT USE the % sign.   A stock is bought for $29.45 and sold for $35.96 a year later, immediately after it has paid a dividend of $3.97. What is the dividend yield for this transaction?  NOTE: Enter the PERCENTAGE number rounding to two decimals. If your decimal answer is 0.034576, your answer must be 3.46. DO NOT USE the % sign.   You own a portfolio that has $3,764 invested in Stock A and $7,514 invested in Stock B. If the expected returns on these stocks are 9.33% and 11.67%, respectively, what is the expected return on the portfolio? NOTE: Enter the PERCENTAGE number rounding to two decimals. If your decimal answer is 0.034576, your answer must be 3.46. DO NOT USE the % sign.

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A stock is bought for $23.25 and sold for $28.69 a year later, immediately after it has paid a dividend of $4.18. What is the capital gain rate for this transaction? 

NOTE: Enter the PERCENTAGE number rounding to two decimals. If your decimal answer is 0.034576, your answer must be 3.46. DO NOT USE the % sign.

 

A stock is bought for $29.45 and sold for $35.96 a year later, immediately after it has paid a dividend of $3.97. What is the dividend yield for this transaction? 

NOTE: Enter the PERCENTAGE number rounding to two decimals. If your decimal answer is 0.034576, your answer must be 3.46. DO NOT USE the % sign.

 

You own a portfolio that has $3,764 invested in Stock A and $7,514 invested in Stock B. If the expected returns on these stocks are 9.33% and 11.67%, respectively, what is the expected return on the portfolio?

NOTE: Enter the PERCENTAGE number rounding to two decimals. If your decimal answer is 0.034576, your answer must be 3.46. DO NOT USE the % sign.

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  1. Formula = capital gain rate = (End value-Beginning value)/Beginning value * 100 

= ($28.69 $23.25)/$23.25 *100 

which is equal to 

=23.40(Approx.) 

  1. The dividend yield is computed as shown below: 

Formula = Dividend / Purchase price of stock * 100 

= $3.97/ $ 29.45 * 100 

= 13.48 Approximately. 

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