An Investor Purchased Preferred Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange

question 30

Short Answer

An investor purchased preferred shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange for $15.00. The shares pay a semi-annual dividend of $1.12. Six months later, the shares were trading at $14.50. What was the rate of total return for the six-month period?

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Definitions:

Zero-Sum Game

In game theory, a scenario where the gain or loss of one player is precisely offset by the losses or gains of the other players.

Positive-Sum Game

is a situation in economics or game theory where all participants can gain or profit in some way, in contrast to a zero-sum game.

Negative-Sum Game

A situation in game theory where the participants' total losses outweigh their total gains, often resulting in a net loss shared by all participants.

Stackelberg Duopoly

A market structure in which one firm sets its output first, and the other firm then decides its output level in response, leading to a hierarchical decision-making process.