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Chapter 2, Problem 32RE
Stock Investments Exercises 29–34 are based on the following table, which shows some values of ABCromD (ABCD) stock:
Dec. 2002 | Aug. 2004 | Mar. 2005 | May 2005 | Aug. 2005 | Dec. 2005 |
3.28 | 16.31 | 33.95 | 21.00 | 30.47 | 7.44 |
Jun. 2007 | Mar. 2008 | Oct. 2008 | Nov. 2009 | Feb. 2010 | Aug. 2010 |
12.36 | 7.07 | 11.44 | 33.53 | 44.86 | 45.74 |
Suppose John O’Hagan had purchased ABCD stock in August 2004. If he had later sold on one of the dates in the table, which of those dates would have given him the largest annual loss on a simple interest basis, and what would that loss have been?
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Shape, Center, and Spread - Module 20.2 (Part 1); Author: Mrmathblog;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COaid7O_Gag;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY
Shape, Center and Spread; Author: Emily Murdock;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YyW0DSCzpM;License: Standard Youtube License