fin ch. 8

What are the components of total return?

Dividend Yield and capital gains

what is a proxy fight

when shareholders try to get enough votes to replace a manager via proxy voting form

Wall street journal stock quotes

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a grant of authority by a shareholder to allow someone else to vote his/her shares

proxy

occurs when a group of shareholders try to replace management by getting as many votes as possible

proxy fight

what is a proxy form

a grant of authority by a shareholder to allow someone else to voter their shares

g is what

capital gains yield

the dividend growth rate or the rate at which the value of an investment grows

capital gains yield

d1/P0 is what

div yield

what are the equations for dividend yield and capital gains?

div yield = div payout/beginning price capital gains yield = end - beginning/beginning

a stocks expected cash dividend divided by its current price

dividend yield