Your client decides to split their investment 50/50 into 2 investment products, below is their financial information at the end of three years for the Mutual Fund.

 

Year - 3

Interest - $13,961.43

Reinvested Dividends - $37,230.49

Reinvested Capital Gains - $56,987.15

Unit Balance - 37,365.00

Current  NAVPS - $24.91

Account Value - $930,762.15

 

• If your client invested $780,000 at an NAV of $20.50, and does not add to or withdraw from the fund except for the automatic reinvestment of distributions, what would their adjusted cost base be at the end of the 3^rd year? 
• What would be the capital gain if your client sold the fund? 
• What would be the simple return realized over the three years, expressed as a percentage change in NAVPS?
• What would be the compounded annualized return over the 3 years?
• What percentage of your client's realized return is attributable to distributions?

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To determine the adjusted cost base of the investment after 3 years we need to calculate the total cost of the initial investment plus any additional ... View the full answer