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Author: Randall Billingsley, Lawrence J. Gitman, Michael D. Joehnk
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Chapter 12, Problem 2FPE
An investor is thinking about buying some shares of Health Diagnostics, Inc., at $75 a share. She expects the price of the stock to rise to $115 a share over the next three years. During that time, she also expects to receive annual dividends of $4 per share. Assuming that the investor’s expectations (about the future price of the stock and the dividends that it pays) hold up, what
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Pfin (with Mindtap, 1 Term Printed Access Card) (mindtap Course List)
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