Y6 Consider a stock priced at $40 that pays an annual dividend of $ 1 per share. An investor purchases the stock on margin, paying $20 per share and borrowing the remainder from the brokerage firm at 10 percent annual interest. a. If, after one year, the stock is sold at a price of $60 per share, what is the return on the stock? b. If investors had used only personal funds rather than borrowing funds, what would have been the stock return?

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Consider a stock priced at $40 that pays an annual dividend of $ 1 per share. An investor purchases the stock on margin, paying $20 per share and borrowing the remainder from the brokerage firm at 10 percent annual interest.
a. If, after one year, the stock is sold at a price of $60 per share, what is the return on the stock?
b. If investors had used only personal funds rather than borrowing funds, what would have been the stock return?
 
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