Problem 1: One year ago, you purchased 400 shares of Analog Devices, Inc. stock for $13.95 a share. You received a total of $120 in dividends and sold the stock for $7,072 today. What is your capital gains yield on this stock?
- 26.71 percent
- 26.74 percent
- 28.85 percent
- 28.89 percent
- 31.03 percent
Problem 2: The common stock of Baxter Engineering specialties had returns of 11 percent, -18 percent, -21 percent, 5 percent, and 30 percent over the past five years. What is the standard deviation of these returns?
- 18.74 percent
- 20.21 percent
- 21.22 percent
- 22.60 percent
- 23.31 percent
Problem 3: One year ago, you purchased a share of Acme Manufacturing common stock at a price of $47.50 a share. Today you sold the stock and realized a total loss of 19.16 percent. Your capital gain was -$11.49 a share. What was your dividend yield?
- 4.63 percent
- 4.89 percent
- 5.03 percent
- 12.67 percent
- 14.39 percent