FIN 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dividend Yield, Standard Deviation, Risk Premium

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Investors want to maximize returns and minimize risk: risk-and-return trade off (the ability to sleep at night test) In order to analyze investment performance, you must know how to measure returns over time. Includes: income (cash received) and capital gain/loss (change in the value of the asset. Dollar profit or loss = ending value + distributions original cost. Rate of return = dollar profit or loss / original cost. Example: you take a ,700 position in stock (100 shares at /share). The stock paid a . 85/share dividend and is worth . 33 one year later. (income from dividends) + (capital gain: current price paid price)= total dollar. Roi includes the capital gain or loss regardless if you actually sold the security (relevant for tax purposes) Capital gain(loss) yield= end price beg price / beg price. Total roi = (end price beg price) + dividend / original price. Roi bond example: you bought a bond for one year ago.

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