Question

Last year, you purchased a stock at a price of $64.00 a share. Over the course of the year, you received $2.20 per share in dividends and inflation averaged 2.7 percent. Today, you sold your shares for $69.00 a share. What is your approximate real rate of return on this investment

Answer 1

Answer:

8.55%

Explanation:

Calculation to determine your approximate real rate of return on this investment

First step is to calculate the Nominal return

Nominal return = ($69 - $64+ $2.20)/$64

Nominal return=7.2/$64

Nominal return= 0.1125

Now let calculate the Approximate real return

Approximate real return = 0.1125 - 0.027

Approximate real return= 0.0855*100

Approximate real return=8.55%

Therefore your approximate real rate of return on this investment is 8.55%