A Stock Was Purchased for $51 a Share and Sold

question 25

Multiple Choice

A stock was purchased for $51 a share and sold eleven months later for $54 a share.If the shares were purchased totally with cash the holding period return would be _____ percent as compared to _____ percent if the purchase was made using 70 percent margin.Ignore trading costs and margin interest.

• A)5.56; 3.89
• B)5.56; 7.94
• C)5.88; 4.12
• D)5.88; 6.69
• E)5.88; 8.40

Evaluate the role of ingroup bias and outgroup hostility in sustaining social hierarchies.

Recognize the impact of social and cognitive biases on intergroup relations.

Analyze the role of mortality salience and terror management in shaping attitudes towards outgroups.

Understand the mechanisms through which prejudice and stereotypes can be transmitted across generations and within societies.

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Definitions:

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