Problem: You purchase 100 shares of stock for $80 a share. The stock pays a $4 per share dividend at year-end.
Required:
- What is the rate of return on your investment if the end-of-year stock price is (i) $76, (ii) $80, and (iii) $84?
- What is your real (inflation-adjusted) rate of return if the inflation rate for the year is 4% in each of those three scenarios?