You Bought 100 Shares of Stock at $20 Each

question 70

Multiple Choice

You bought 100 shares of stock at $20 each. At the end of the year,you received a total of $400 in dividends,and your stock was worth $2,500 total. What was your total dollar capital gain and total dollar return?

• A) $400; $500
• B) $400; $900
• C) $500; $900
• D) $900; $2,500
• E) None of these.

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Definitions:

Total Return

The overall financial gain or loss on an investment, including both the change in value and any income from dividends or interest, over a specific period.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood of an event occurring, often expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Probability

Probability is a branch of mathematics that measures the likelihood of a given event's occurrence, expressed as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.