1. If an investor purchases shares in a no load mutual fund for $40, receives cash distributions of $1.75 and redeems the shares after one year for $49, what is the percentage return on the investment

2. Mutual fund A earned 12 percent while B earned 8 percent. The standard deviations of the returns were 10 percent and 7 percent, respectively. According to the Sharpe ratio, which fund performed better

3. What is the expected return on a stock that pays a 7 percent annual dividend and whose price is expected to appreciate annually at 6.5 percent.