Two years ago, you purchased 100 shares of General Mills Corporation. Your purchase price was $58 a share, plus a total commission of $30 to purchase the stock. During the last two years, you have received the following dividend amounts: $1.65 per share for the first year and $1.77 per share the second year. Also, assume that at the end of two years, you sold your General Mills stock for $67 a share minus a total commission of $40 to sell the stock. (a) Calculate the dividend yield for your General Mills stock at the time you purchased it. (Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Dividend yield at purchase %
(b) Calculate the dividend yield for your General Mills stock at the time you sold it. (Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Dividend yield at sale
(c) Calculate the total return for your General Mills investment when you sold the stock at the end of two years. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to the nearest whole number.) Total return
(d) Calculate the annualized holding period yield for your General Mills investment at the end of the two-year period. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Computing depreciation, net book value, and gain or loss on asset sale lynch company owns and operates a delivery van that originally cost $46,400. lynch has recorded straight-line depreciation on the van for four years, calculated assuming a $5,000 expected salvage value at the end of its estimated six-year useful life. depreciation was last recorded at the end of the fourth year, at which time lynch disposes of this van. compute the net bookvalue of the van on the disposal date.

Franklin painting company is considering whether to purchase a new spray paint machine that costs $4,800. the machine is expected to save labor, increasing net income by $720 per year. the effective life of the machine is 15 years according to the manufacturer’s estimate. required determine the unadjusted rate of return based on the average cost of the investment.

On january 1, 2017, fisher corporation purchased 40 percent (90,000 shares) of the common stock of bowden, inc. for $980,000 in cash and began to use the equity method for the investment. the price paid represented a $48,000 payment in excess of the book value of fisher's share of bowden's underlying net assets. fisher was willing to make this extra payment because of a recently developed patent held by bowden with a 15-year remaining life. all other assets were considered appropriately valued on bowden's books. bowden declares and pays a $90,000 cash dividend to its stockholders each year on september 15. bowden reported net income of $400,000 in 2017 and $348,000 in 2018. each income figure was earned evenly throughout its respective year. on july 1, 2018, fisher sold 10 percent (22,500 shares) of bowden's outstanding shares for $338,000 in cash. although it sold this interest, fisher maintained the ability to significantly influence bowden's decision-making process. prepare the journal entries for fisher for the years of 2017 and 2018. (if no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field. do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)