Fools Gold Mining Company Is Expected to Pay a Dividend

question 72

Multiple Choice

Fools Gold Mining Company is expected to pay a dividend of $8 in the upcoming year.Dividends are expected to decline at the rate of 2% per year.The risk-free rate of return is 6% and the expected return on the market portfolio is 14%.The stock of Fools Gold Mining Company has a beta of -0.25.The return you should require on the stock is ________.

• A)2%
• B)4%
• C)6%
• D)8%
• E)none of the above

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Definitions:

Net Operating Income

A measure of a company's profitability from its core business operations, excluding deductions of interest and taxes.

Variable Costing

A costing method that includes only variable manufacturing costs in product costs, treating fixed manufacturing overhead as a period expense.

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The comprehensive expenditure involved in creating a single product unit, encompassing direct materials, direct labor, and assigned overhead costs.

Absorption Costing

A method in accounting that integrates every manufacturing expense – direct materials, labor, and all overheads (variable and fixed) – into the product’s price.