On March $5,2013,$ the Dow Jones Industrial Average set a new high. The index closed at $14,253\mathrm{.}77,$ which was up $125\mathrm{.}95$ that day. What was the return $($in percent$)$ of the stock market that day?

Your discount brokerage firm charges $$9\mathrm{.}50$ per stock trade. How much money do you need to buy $300$ shares of

$[$Answer here$]$ Time Warner, Inc. $($TWX$),$ which trades at $22\mathrm{.}62?$

Financial analysts forecast XYZ company's growth for the future to be a constant $8\%.$ XYZ$\text{'}$s recent dividend was $$0\mathrm{.}88.$ What is the value of $xYZ$ stock when the required return is

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$12\%?$

A preferred stock from ABC pays $$3\mathrm{.}55$ in annual dividends. If the required return on the preferred stock is $6\mathrm{.}7\%,$ what is

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QRST has earnings per share of $$1\mathrm{.}56$ and a $\frac{P}{E}$ ratio of $32\mathrm{.}48.$ What's the stock price?

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Explain why the S&P $500$ Index might be a better measure of stock market performance than the Dow Jones Industrial Average.