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Information about three securities appears below.  Beginning-of-year PriceEnd-of-year P...

Information about three securities appears below.

 

Beginning-of-year Price

End-of-year Price

Interest/dividend paid

Stock 1

        $    42.50

     $     46.75

$  1.50

Stock 2

        $      1.25

     $       1.36

$  0.00

Bond 1

        $1,020

     $1,048

$41.00

a. Assuming interest and dividends are paid annually, calculate the annual holding period return on each security.


b. During the year, management of Stock 2 spent $10 million, or $0.50 a share, repurchasing 7.7 million of the company’s shares. How, if at all, does this information affect calculation of the holding period return on Stock 2?

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