The Following Table Shows Your Stock Positions at the Beginning

question 8

Multiple Choice

The following table shows your stock positions at the beginning of the year, the dividends that each stock paid during the year, and the stock prices at the end of the year. What is your portfolio percentage return?
$$\begin{array} { l r c c c } & & \text { Beginning of } & \text { Dividend } & \text { End of } \\\text { Company } & \text { Shares } & \text { Year Price } & \text { per Share } & \text { Year Price } \\\text { W } & 500 & \$ 5.00 & \$ 0.50 & \$ 4.00 \\\text { P } & 100 & \$ 15.00 & \$ 1.00 & \$ 15.25 \\\text { J } & 200 & \$ 25.00 & & \$ 22.00 \\D & 200 & \$ 30.00 & \$ 2.00 & \$ 33.50\end{array}$$

• A) 2.50 percent
• B) 5.83 percent
• C) 10.50 percent
• D) 13.83 percent

Understand the application of age-specific mortality rates in epidemiological studies.

Utilize crude death rates to describe disease impact in specific populations.

Recognize the importance of age adjustment in mortality rates when comparing populations with different age distributions.

Understand the concept and execution of calculated incompetence in negotiations.

---

Definitions:

Cause-and-Effect

A relationship where one event (the cause) makes another event happen (the effect).

Control Group

In an experiment, the group that does not receive the treatment or intervention being tested, serving as a comparison to evaluate the effect of the treatment.

Study Guide

A comprehensive resource created to assist students in understanding and memorizing relevant information for a particular course or subject.

Experimental Group

The group in an experiment that receives the treatment or condition being tested, as opposed to the control group which does not.