Question

1. You purchased one share of Best Buy CO., Inc for $53.10 per share. The company paid a dividend of $4.54 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $52. What is the percentage return? Note: Enter your answer in percentages rounded off to two decimal points. Do not enter % in the answer box. For example, if your answer is 0.12345 then enter as 12.35 in the answer box.

2. You purchased one share of Best Buy CO., Inc for $57.55 per share. The company paid a dividend of $6.44 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $55.34. What is the dividend yield? Note: Enter your answer in percentages rounded off to two decimal points. Do not enter % in the answer box. For example, if your answer is 0.12345 then enter as 12.35 in the answer box.

3. When combining stocks in a portfolio, the greatest reduction in overall risk of the portfolio will occur when: (choose only one answer)
A. Group of answer choices
B. the two stocks are negatively correlated.
C. the two stocks are positively correlated.
D. the two stocks are uncorrelated.

4. One year ago, you purchased 13 shares of XYZ stock for $97 per share. During the year, you received dividend of $2 per share. Today, you sold all your shares for $109 per share. What is the percentage return on your investment? Note: Round to the nearest 2 decimal percentage point. Do not enter % in the answer box. For example, if your answer is 12.345% then enter as "12.35" in the answer box.

5. You own a two-asset portfolio, with 65% in Stock A and the remainder in Stock B. Stock A has a return of 17.53% and Stock B has a return of 20.68%. What is the portfolio return? Convert your answer to percentage and round off to two decimal points. Do not enter % in the answer box.

Answer 1

Percentage of Return = (Dividend+(Ending price-Initial price))/Initial price (4.54+(52-53.10))/53.10 0.064783427 6.48% 6.48 Percent