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Earlier this year, you purchased Happy Cow Milk stock at a price of $50 because you expected to earn a return of 14%. At the time, the stock has a reported beta of 1.8. If you received a dividend of $4 during the year and the stock is now selling for $40, what return have you earned over the past year? (2) Make sure to state your answer as a % and include 2 decimals. Type your answer in the textbox. Show as much work as you feel comfortable showing and what time allows. Your work will help assess partial credit in the case of an incorrect answer. A right answer with zero work shown will receive no credit. At a minimum, type out the equation/numbers being used. 

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Arnold Incorporated stock is currently selling for $50 and is expected to have dividend growth of 5% based on its past revenue growth. The firm is expected to have a dividend at the end of this year of $6. Based on the S&P returning an average of 12%, you require a return for this stock of 9% and have valued it at $70. What is your expected return if you purchase the stock today? (2)

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A popular finance website lists the beta for Hoka stock at 1.3. Currently the stock is expected to return 6% a year while the S&P 500 is expected to return 15% a year. Treasury bonds are currently providing investors with a return of 3%. Historically, Hoka stock has earned 15% a year with an accompanying standard deviation of 2%. What return is required for you to purchase this stock? (2) Make sure to state your answer as a % and include 2 decimals. Type your answer in the textbox. Show as much work as you feel comfortable showing and what time allows. Your work will help assess partial credit in the case of an incorrect answer. A right answer with zero work shown will receive no credit. At a minimum, type out the equation/numbers being used. 

You currently have $60,000 in a savings account. You would like to make 20 annual withdrawals of $4,000. You would also like the account balance to not fall below $30,000. What interest rate does this account need to earn to achieve this? (2) HARD PV [pv] FV [fv] PMT [pmt] N [nper] I [rate]

RATS SOLVE Using your bridging principle from above, and some details from the scenario, construct an argument supporting a stance on what Diana should do in the scenario you chose. You can either write out your argument as a paragraph of complete English sentences–or you can write it as a list of numbered premises. This could even be formatted as the Simplest Argument Possible, if you so choose. However you represent your line of reasoning, be sure that your solution (or conclusion) is clearly indicated. 

RATS ANALYSIS After choosing just one of the RATS Scenarios above, provide an ANALYSIS of that case. Again, this is an organized brainstorm of all the features of the scenario that reasonable people might think bear on the morality of the case. I am looking to see a wide-breadth of considerations here.

There are many different types of Feminism, and many different types of Feminist, but what did I claim was a common, unifying goal for all feminisms?

According to Feminist Ethics, an action is right if and only if…