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Computer stocks currently provide an expected
a. If the stock is selling at $53 per share, what must be the market's expectation of the
b. If dividend growth
A. The price will fall.
B. The price will rise.
c. What (qualitatively) will happen to the company's price–earnings ratio?
A. The price–earnings ratio will fall.
B. The price–earnings ratio will rise.
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