The Annual Rate of Return on Any Given Stock Can

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The annual rate of return on any given stock can be found as the stock's dividend for the year plus the change in the stock's price during the year,divided by its beginning-of-year price.If you obtain such data on a large portfolio of stocks,like those in the S&P 500,find the rate of return on each stock,and then average those returns,this would give you an idea of stock market returns for the year in question.

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Activity Based Costing

A costing method that assigns overhead and indirect costs to specific activities, providing more accurate product costing.

Allocation Rate

The rate at which indirect costs are assigned to cost objects based on a certain basis, like labor hours or machine hours.

Activity-Based Costing

An accounting method that assigns costs to products or services based on the activities they require, aiming for more accurate cost information.

Manufacturing Overhead Costs

Indirect costs associated with manufacturing, including costs related to factory operations but not directly tied to specific products.