Eight months ago, you purchased 400 shares of Winston, Inc. stock at a price of $54.90 a share. The company pays quarterly dividends of $.50 a share. You have received dividends twice. Today, you sold all of your shares for $49.30 a share. What is your total percentage return on this investment? a. -10.2 percent b. -9.3 percent c. -8.4 percent d. 12.0 percent e. 13.4 percent

c)    - 8.4%

Explanation:

The return on a stock is the sum of the capital gains(loss) plus the dividends earned.

Capital gain is the difference between he value of the stocks when sold and the cost of the shares when purchased.

Total shareholders Return =

(Capital gain/ loss + dividend )/purchase price  ×  100

So we can apply this to the formula:

Dividend = $0.5 × 2 = $1

Capital loss = $49.30 - 54.90

% return =( $1 + ($49.30 - 54.90))/54.90

=-8.4%

Total percentage return on this investment = -8.4%

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henry is an economist and wants to understand the relationship between inflation and consumer spending habits. for his research, he needs the consumer price index for 2014 and the inflation rate. based on the prices of goods given, what will he find to be the cpi and inflation rate for 2014? assume that a consumer’s basket for three consecutive years consists of the following:

you dont privide answer choices.

answer - 15% of a inflatation rate is 15% less in cpi