Nico Bought 100 Shares of Cisco Systems Stock for $30

question 146

Multiple Choice

Nico bought 100 shares of Cisco Systems stock for $30.00 per share on January 1, 2013. He received a dividend of $2.00 per share at the end of 2013 and $3.00 per share at the end of 2014. At the end of 2015, Nico collected a dividend of $4.00 per share and sold his stock for $33.00 per share. What was Nico's realized holding period return?

• A) -40%
• B) +40%
• C) -36.36%
• D) +36.36%

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Definitions:

Placebo Control Group

is a group in an experiment that receives a sham or inactive treatment, which is used to assess the psychological impact of receiving treatment rather than the treatment's actual efficacy.

Real Control Group

Represents a group in an experiment that does not receive the treatment or intervention, used as a benchmark to measure the effect of the treatment.

Matched Control Group

A group of subjects that is equivalent to the experimental group in key characteristics but does not receive the experimental treatment or intervention.

Error Variance

The portion of variation in a set of observations that arises from random factors as opposed to systematic influences.