FIN 501 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Dividend, Dividend Yield, The Dominion Bank
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Chapter 1: a brief history of risk and return. If you buy an asset of any type, your gain (or loss) from that investment is called the return on your investment. This return has 2 components: you may receive some cash directly while you own the investment, the value of the asset you purchase may change (you have a capital gain or capital loss on your investment) Ex: you purchased 100 shares of stock in toronto dominion bank on jan 1st. At that time, td was selling for per share, so your 100 shares cost you . At the end of the year, you want to see how you did with your investment: a company may pay cash dividends to its shareholders. As a shareholder in td, you are a part owner of the company, and you are entitled to a portion of any money distributes.