What Is a Dividend Yield

question 34

Multiple Choice

What is a dividend yield?

• A) It is the dividend as a percentage of the stock price.
• B) It is the stock price as a percentage of the dividend.
• C) It is the dividend as a percentage of the retained earnings per share.
• D) It is the retained earnings per share as a percentage of the dividend.

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Definitions:

Operant Responding

A technique of teaching that involves giving rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior.

Negative Punishment

Removing a desirable stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.

Positive Punishment

In operant conditioning, a method that involves adding an unfavorable outcome or event following an undesired behavior, intended to decrease the likelihood of the behavior recurring.

Law of Effect

A principle of behavior that states responses followed by satisfaction will become more likely to occur, while those followed by dissatisfaction will become less likely.