You just purchase a share of Apple for $150. You expect to receive a dividend of $12 in one year. If you expect the price after the dividend is paid to be $185, what total return will you have earned over the year? What was your dividend yield? What is your capital gain rate?

You expect that Microsoft will pay a dividend of $1.50 in one year, $1.75 in two years, and $2.00 in three years. After that, dividends are expected to grow at 3% per year. If your required rate of return is 8%, what should be the price of Microsoft today according to the Dividend Discount Model?

You have an investment opportunity that promises to pay you $12,979 in four years. Suppose the opportunity requires you to invest $9,540 today. What is the interest rate you would earn on this investment? Note: Use tables, Excel, or a financial calculator. Do not round your intermediate values. Enter your answer rounded to the nearest whole percentage. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) Solve for i Present Value: n = i = Future Value:

Suppose you purchased a house in San Diego in January of 1994 for $75,000. You then sold that house in December of 2006 for $350,000. Assume that the CPI rose in that period from 107 to 180. What was your total nominal rate of return? How about your annual nominal rate of return? What was your total real return? How about you annual real return?