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Rate of return
Douglas? Keel, a financial analyst for Orange? Industries, wishes to estimate the rate of return for two? similar-risk investments, X and Y. ? Douglas's research indicates that the immediate past returns will serve as reasonable estimates of future returns.
A year? earlier, investment X had a market value of ?$20,000?;
and investment Y had a market value of ?$55,000.
During the? year, investment X generated cash flow of ?$1,500
and investment Y generated cash flow of $6,800.
The current market values of investments X and Y are ?$21,000 and ?$55,000?, respectively.
1. Calculate the expected rate of return on investments X and Y using the most recent? year's data.
2. Assuming that the two investments are equally? risky, which one should Douglas? recommend? ? Why?