You purchased 260 shares of a particular stock at the beginning of the year at a price of $75.23. The stock paid a dividend of $0.90 per share, and the stock price at the end of the year was $81.74. Required: What was your dollar return on this investment? (Do not include the dollar sign ($). Round your answer to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).) Dollar return $ Suppose a stock had an initial price of $85 per share, paid a dividend of $1.50 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $99. Requirement 1: Compute the percentage total return. (Do not include the percent sign (%). Round your answer to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).) Percentage total return % Requirement 2: What was the dividend yield? (Do not include the percent sign (%). Round your answer to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).) Dividend yield % Requirement 3: What was the capital gains yield? (Do not include the percent sign (%). Round your answer to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).) Capital gains yield % Using the following returns for X and Y. Returns Year X Y 1 21.4 % 25.2 % 2 16.4 3.4 3 9.4 27.2 4 18.8 13.8 5 4.4 31.2 Requirement 1: Calculate the average returns for X and Y. (Do not include the percent signs (%). Round your answers to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).) Average returns X % Y % Requirement
2: Calculate the variances for X and Y. (Round your answers to 6 decimal places (e.g., 32.161616).) Variances X Y Requirement 3: Calculate the standard deviations for X and Y. (Do not include the percent signs (%). Round your answers to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).) Standard deviations X % Y % A stock has had returns of ?18.1 percent, 28.1 percent, 13.2 percent, ?9.2 percent, 33.9 percent, and 26.1 percent over the last six years. Required: What are the arithmetic and geometric returns for the stock? (Do not include the percent signs (%). Round your answers to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).) Arithmetic average return % Geometric average return % Consider the following information on large-company stocks for a period of years. Series Arithmetic Mean Large-company stocks 14.7 % Small-company stocks 16.4 Long-term corporate bonds 6.2 Long-term government bonds 6.1 Intermediate-term government bonds 5.6 U.S. Treasury bills 3.8 Inflation 4.6 Required: (a) What was the arithmetic average annual return in nominal terms? (Do not include the percent sign (%). Round your answer to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).) Nominal return % (b) What was the arithmetic average annual return in real terms? (Do not include the percent sign (%). Round your answer to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).) Real return %