Stocks

preferred stock with a $12 annual dividend is selling for $75. What is the required rate of return for the preferred stock? [Ans: 16 %] 20. The current price of a stock (P0) is $20 and last year 's price (P-1) was $18.87. The latest dividend (D0) is $2. Assume a constant growth rate (g) in dividends and stock price. What is the stock 's return for the coming year? [Ans: 16.6 %] 21. The current year 's dividend (D0) for a share of common stock is $2 and the current price (P0) of the stock is $30

INTRODUCTION: A stock is a share in ownership of a company. A shareholder is a holder of stock who has a claim to part of the corporation’s assets and earnings. Stocks allow you to own a percentage of a public corporation 's earnings and assets. There are two main types of stock: common, which allows you to vote at shareholders’ meetings, and preferred, which doesn’t. Although preferred stock does not allow voting, it generally has a higher claim on assets and earnings. So to further explain, if

of the stock market game the stocks that I own was Amazon, Wal-Mart, AutoZone, Ford, Kohls, Toyota, Coca-Cola, and O'Reilly. These stocks have done good since I have bought them. These stocks had their ups and down throughout the whole game, but although they didn’t have it that bad . They may have gained money, but, they also, losted money at the same time. Also, there were days where the stock price went up and down since there were people out there that was willing to pay for the stock at a higher

Accounting Name: Institution: Course: Date: Chapter 14 Q1: A company can purchase the stock of another company mainly for the purpose of investing their excess money in a short term, for them to substantially gain control over an essential product from another company and also as a long term investment strategy for the expansion of the business. Q2: Marketable securities are classified as short time investments. This is a form of investment that is made to make an earning through interest that

Allie measured her foot and it was 21cm long, and then she measured her Mother's foot, and it was 24cm long. "I must have big feet, my foot is nearly as long as my Mom's!" But then she thought to measure heights, and found she is 133cm tall, and her Mom is 152cm tall. In a table this is:   Allie Mom Length of Foot: 21cm 24cm Height: 133cm 152cm The "foot-to-height" ratio in fraction style is: Allie: 21 133   Mom: 24 152 So the ratio for Allie is 21 : 133 By dividing both values by 7 we get 21/7

There are thousands of stocks on the stock market. It can be a daunting task deciding which stocks to invest in. Typically stocks are broken into two general categories: growth stocks and value stocks. Growth stocks are typically considered companies that are expected to increase at rates above the average rate of the market. These investments typically do not pay any form of dividends, preferring to reinvest their earnings back into projects with the hope of helping the company to develop and

encompass the importance of the U.S stock market/stock exchange versus the Chinese stock market/ stock exchange, with a brief introduction about how each stock market/stock exchange came into existence, the importance of each stock market/stock exchange, how the U.S and Chinese manage their stock markets/stock exchange, how corporations are appointed plus the rules and regulations. This will also entail random facts about each stock market/stock exchange. Stock markets are like hitting a royal flush

encompass the importance of the U.S stock market/stock exchange versus the Chinese stock market/ stock exchange, with a brief introduction about how each stock market/stock exchange came into existence, the importance of each stock market/stock exchange, how the U.S and Chinese manage their stock markets/stock exchange, how corporations are appointed plus the rules and regulations. This will also entail random facts about each stock market/stock exchange. Stock markets are like hitting a royal flush

and selling of stocks that we purchased using $ 100,000 USD (Monopoly money) given to us by our instructor. Our assignment was to invest the stock in any way seen best fit to gain the most profit. We were to track our stocks three times a week and document the results using Microsoft Excel. The requirements for the assignment were to include two stock trades and to try to make our portfolio diverse using different sectors. The purpose of this project is to understand how the stock market works, and

How to Value Bonds 1. What is the present value of a 10-year, pure discount bond paying $1,000 at maturity if the appropriate interest rate is: a. 5 percent? b. 10 percent? c. 15 percent? 2. Microhard has issued a bond with the following characteristics: Principal: $1,000 Time to maturity: 20 years Coupon rate: 8 percent, compounded semiannually Semiannual payments Calculate the price of this bond if the stated annual