What is the total economic cost (in dollars) of the following transaction? (Compute the cost of the transaction only, not the value of the asset). I buy 100 shares of Acme Widget Corp. stock. The price of the stock is $20 per share. The brokerage fee is $50 and I had to pay $10 for an online Internet research firm to find the company that best suited my investment needs. I anticipate that during the year I will receive $0.50 in dividends and the stock price will appreciate to $24 per share. Rather than buy the stock, I could have deposited that money is a savings account earning 1% interest, a money market account earning 2% interest, a CD earning 3% interest or an Acme Widget Corp. bond earning 5% interest.