Question

personal financial planning

Assignment: Chapter 11 - Investment Planning The Wall Street Journal is an excellent source of financial data for investors. The following table displays a portion of the stock quotations for stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Use the information in the table to answer the questions that follow. YTD % 1.65 5.01 7.18 High Low 88.88 64.64 336.50 218.73 9.06 5.92 Listed Stock Quotes Company Ticker Div. Yield P/E Ratio Last Price*. Net Change*** Mark Min MM 80.80 0.48 Star TS 280.42 5.90 Doxxon DX 6.0 6.97 2.52 *Year-to-date percentage change in stock price **Last price for the day ***Net change in price from previous day because of the three stocks listed, a retiree who lives partially off of investment income would be best off holding of its You can calculate that Mark Min had per-share earnings for the most recent 12-month period of If you had purchased 100 shares of Tstar stock yesterday at the last price of the day, you would have if you sold all 100 shares at the last price today

Answer 1

1]	Of the three stocks, a retiree…................best off
	holding Doxxon because of its higher Div. Yield.
2]	You can calculate that Markmin had per share….....
	earnings…....................of $1.65 [80.80/49]
3]	If you had purchased…...............you would have
	made a profit of $590 [5.9*100], if you sold all 100
	shares…...........................day.