Pfin (with Mindtap, 1 Term Printed Access Card) (mindtap Course List)
Pfin (with Mindtap, 1 Term Printed Access Card) (mindtap Course List)
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ISBN: 9780357033609
Author: Randall Billingsley, Lawrence J. Gitman, Michael D. Joehnk
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 12, Problem 1FPE

What makes for a good investment? Use the approximate yield formula or a financial calculator to rank the following investments according to their expected returns.

  1. a. Buy a stock for $30 a share, hold it for three years, and then sell it for $60 a share (the stock pays annual dividends of $2 a share).
  2. b. Buy a security for $40, hold it for two years, and then sell it for $100 (current income on this security is zero).
  3. c. Buy a one-year, 5 percent note for $1,000 (assume that the note has a $1,000 par value and that it will be held to maturity).
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