Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781259918940
Author: Ross, Stephen A.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 10, Problem 1QAP
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To calculate: The percentage total return on stock investment.

Introduction: Investors can earn returns from investment in stocks in two forms, i.e., by capital gains due to an increase in stock value in the market or by dividends distributed by the company at a specified time period.

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