An investor bought 2000 shares of Unilever Ghana Limited on 1st January 2018 through an investment...

  

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An investor bought 2000 shares of Unilever Ghana Limited on 1st January 2018 through an investment broker and instructed the broker to re-invest any dividends received in additional shares of Unilever. During the year, Unilever paid three dividends. The information on dividends and share prices at the time of dividend payments is indicated below: Date January April July October Price Per share in Cedis 140 December 150 135 142 Dividend Per Share in Cedis 5 6 8 150 The investor calculated the return on his investment for the one year holding period and recorded 20.71%. He is not sure whether this is correct. You are required to: (a) Determine how the investor came by the 20.71% return (b) Explain the limitations in the calculation in (a) (c) Provide a correct calculation of the investor's return using (1) The index method (2 marks) (3 marks) (10 marks) The linking method (10 marks) (d) Show how much the investment is worth at the end of December and divide the investor's gain into dividend yield and capital gain in both absolute and percentage terms. (5 marks) An investor bought 2000 shares of Unilever Ghana Limited on 1st January 2018 through an investment broker and instructed the broker to re-invest any dividends received in additional shares of Unilever. During the year, Unilever paid three dividends. The information on dividends and share prices at the time of dividend payments is indicated below: Date January April July October Price Per share in Cedis 140 December 150 135 142 Dividend Per Share in Cedis 5 6 8 150 The investor calculated the return on his investment for the one year holding period and recorded 20.71%. He is not sure whether this is correct. You are required to: (a) Determine how the investor came by the 20.71% return (b) Explain the limitations in the calculation in (a) (c) Provide a correct calculation of the investor's return using (1) The index method (2 marks) (3 marks) (10 marks) The linking method (10 marks) (d) Show how much the investment is worth at the end of December and divide the investor's gain into dividend yield and capital gain in both absolute and percentage terms. (5 marks)

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Analysis of Investors Unilever Ghana Investment a Calculating the Investors Return The investor likely used the following formula to calculate the ret... View the full answer