Essentials Of Investments
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Author: Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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. Dollar cost averaging - real Wal*Mart example (from a few years ago) | ||||||||||||
You have decided to invest in Wal*Mart stock for an entire year. The stock paid a quarterly divident of $0.30 per share | ||||||||||||
You paid a 2% commission on the purchase of the stock. | ||||||||||||
You invest $150 per month | ||||||||||||
Month | WM Stock Price | |||||||||||
Jan | $54.54 | |||||||||||
Feb | $54.30 | |||||||||||
Mar | $53.43 | |||||||||||
Apr | $54.07 | |||||||||||
May | $55.91 | |||||||||||
Jun | $53.64 | |||||||||||
Jul | $50.56 | |||||||||||
Aug | $48.07 | |||||||||||
Sep | $51.19 | |||||||||||
Oct | $51.00 | |||||||||||
Nov | $53.52 | |||||||||||
Dec | $54.00 | |||||||||||
As you can see, the stock was down about 1% for the year. | ||||||||||||
What was your individual return? | ||||||||||||
Were you better or worse than the market? | ||||||||||||
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Robert bought shares of 6% $100 face value at a price of $120. Sam bought shares of 8% $20 face value at $30. Whose investment was better? | |||||||||||||
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