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9. Reading and analyzing stock quotes

Interpreting Stock Market Data

The following table displays hypothetical stock quotations. Use the information in the table to answer the questions that follow.

Listed Stock Quotes

Company	Ticker	High	Low	Last Price*	Net Change**	YTD %***	Div. Yield	P/E Ratio
NewLfeMutual	NLM	116.83	84.97	106.21	2.96	2.14	0	50
Doxxon	DX	42.09	27.52	32.38	-0.39	7.67	6.3	14
SWElec	SWE	367.00	238.55	305.83	5.40	5.50	2.9	27

*Last price for the day **Net change in price from previous day ***Year-to-date percentage change in stock price

Of the three stocks listed, a retiree who lives partially off of investment income would be best off holding NewLfeMutual because of its high dividend yield .

You can calculate that NewLfeMutual had per-share earnings for the most recent 12-month period of .

If you had purchased 100 shares of SWElec stock yesterday at the last price of the day, you would have of if you sold all 100 shares at the last price today.