Consider a mutual fund with $200 million in assets at the start of the year and 10 million shares outstanding. The fund invests in a portfolio of stocks that provides dividend income at the end of the year of $2 million. The stocks included in the fund’s portfolio increase in price by 8%, but no securities are sold and there are no capital gains distributions. The fund charges 12b-1 fees of 1%, which are deducted from portfolio assets at year-end. What is the fund’s net asset value at the start and end of the year? What is the rate of return for an investor in the fund?

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Consider a mutual fund with $200 million in assets at the start of the year and 10 million shares outstanding. The fund invests in a portfolio of stocks that provides dividend income
at the end of the year of $2 million. The stocks included in the fund’s portfolio increase in price by 8%, but no securities are sold and there are no capital gains distributions. The fund
charges 12b-1 fees of 1%, which are deducted from portfolio assets at year-end. What is the fund’s net asset value at the start and end of the year? What is the rate of return for an investor in the fund?

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