This year, on advice from your sister, you bought tobacco company stock at $50/share. During the year, you collected an $8 dividend, but due to the company's losses in medical lawsuits its stock fell to $40/share
At this point, you sell, realizing a A) dividend yield of -16% and a capital loss of 20%.
B) dividend yield of 16% and a capital loss of 20%.
C) dividend loss 10%.
D) capital loss of 10%.
E) total loss of 20%.
B
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A bank with excess reserves
A) cannot make new loans. B) must make new loans. C) may choose to make new loans equal to the amount of excess reserves. D) can lend an amount equal to the amount of excess reserves multiplied by the inverse of the required reserve ratio.
Assume the demand for money curve is stationary and the Fed increases the money supply. The result is that people:
a. increase the supply of bonds, thus driving up the interest rate. b. increase the supply of bonds, thus driving down the interest rate. c. increase the demand for bonds, thus driving up the interest rate. d. increase the demand for bonds, thus driving down the interest rate.
Which of the following is true regarding bonds? a. Other things equal, bondholders have greater financial security than stockholders. b. The possibility of a bond's value increasing greatly is limited compared to stocks. c. The legal obligation to bondholders is of higher priority than that of stockholders. d. Higher market interest rates represent a risk to bondholders
e. all of the above
To determine the unemployment rate, the Bureau of Labor Statistics polls a sample population of _____.
(A) 50,000 families (B) 80,000 unemployed individuals (C) 80,000 families (D) 50,000 unemployed individuals