You Bought Some Shares of Stock And, Over the Next

question 184

Multiple Choice

You bought some shares of stock and, over the next year, the price per share increased by 5 percent, as did the price level. Before taxes, you experienced

• A)both a nominal gain and a real gain, and you paid taxes on the nominal gain.
• B)both a nominal gain and a real gain, and you paid taxes only on the real gain.
• C)a nominal gain, but no real gain, and you paid taxes on the nominal gain.
• D)a nominal gain, but no real gain, and you paid no taxes on the transaction.

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Definitions:

Daily Compounding

The process of calculating interest on both the initial principal and the accumulated interest from previous periods on a daily basis.

EAR

Effective Annual Rate; the real return on an investment, taking into account the effect of compounding interest.

APR

Annual Percentage Rate, representing the yearly interest rate charged on borrowed money.

Total Payments

The cumulative amount of money paid out or expected to be paid out over the duration of an agreement or loan.