Question

Exhibit 1
Company Shares   Beginning of year price Dividend per share End of year price

Birch    250 $ 40    $2.45    $39.00
Walnut 150    $ 8.00    $1.05 $8.50

Maple    300    $20.00    none $23.00

Cherry 400    $27.00 $1.25 $ 26.25

Use Exhibit 1. The table shows your stock
positions at the beginning of the year, the
dividends that each stock paid during the
year, and stock prices at the end of the year.
What is your portfolio percentage return? A. less than 5.65 percent
B. more than 5.65 percent but less than
6.10 percent
C. more than 6.10 percent but less than
6.55 percent
D. more than 6.55 percent but less than
7.00 percent
E. more than 7.00 percent

Answer 1