Given the following possible returns (dividends plus capital gains) over the coming year from P100,000 investment in  General Motors common stock:     State of Economy           Profitability             Return Recession                                0.20                    P-1,000       Normal year                            0.60                       1,500 Boom                                      0.20                        2,500 What is the expected return?

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36.Given the following possible returns (dividends plus capital gains) over the coming year from P100,000 investment in  General Motors common stock:

    State of Economy           Profitability             Return
Recession                                0.20                    P-1,000      
Normal year                            0.60                       1,500
Boom                                      0.20                        2,500

What is the expected return?

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