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Market Price as a Determinant of Rate of Return for Marketable Assets
For assets that are traded in markets, such as financial assets like stocks or real assets like real estate, a key factor that determines the rate of return is the change in the asset's market price over the investment period.
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A company is evaluating two mutually exclusive projects. Project Alpha requires an initial investment of $20,000 and is expected to yield a total of $22,000 after one year. Project Beta requires an initial investment of $50,000 and is expected to yield a total of $54,000 after one year. If the company's primary decision criterion is to select the project that provides the highest percentage gain on the initial funds invested, which project should it choose?
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For an asset purchased for $100 that is sold one year later for $105, the rate of return is considered positive only if the income generated by the asset (like dividends or rent) during that year is also positive.
You are an analyst tasked with advising a client on which of several potential one-year investments to choose, based solely on maximizing the percentage gain on their initial capital. Arrange the following steps into the correct logical sequence for making this recommendation.
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An investor analyzes their portfolio's performance over the past year. They find that their investment in Asset X, purchased for $1,000, was sold for $1,100, generating a $100 profit. Their investment in Asset Y, purchased for $100, was sold for $115, generating a $15 profit. The investor concludes that Asset X was the superior investment because it produced a larger absolute profit. Why is this conclusion potentially flawed as a method for comparing investment performance?
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Calculating Rate of Return on a Stock Investment (Capital Gains Only)
Market Price Uncertainty as a Source of Investment Risk
The Role of News in Share Price Fluctuations
Positive Feedback from Price Signals in Asset Markets
An investor purchases two different assets at the beginning of the year for $1,000 each.
- Asset A provides a $50 cash payment to the investor during the year, but its market price at the end of the year is $950.
- Asset B provides no cash payment, but its market price at the end of the year is $1,020.
Which statement best analyzes the contribution of the market price change to each asset's overall rate of return for the year?
Evaluating Investment Performance
Analyzing Sources of Investment Returns
An investor who buys a marketable asset is guaranteed a positive rate of return as long as the asset generates a steady stream of income payments (e.g., rent or dividends), regardless of what happens to the asset's market price.