Thesis statement and supporting evidence

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Develop an initial post in response to the question(s) it will be graded on:

Specific and effective use of course content and concepts that fully answers the question(s)
The clarity and depth of your writing, as exhibited by a thesis statement and supporting evidence
Effective use of writing style and mechanics, academic language, grammar, and citations in APA or another format specified by your instructor
See the online discussion rubric in the Evaluation and Grading folder in the Content pane of your course for further details regarding how your posts will be assessed.

Discussion Question:

This unit's online questions will focus on stock returns.

Go to the Yahoo Finance page for Apple
Click on the Historical Data submenu and change the time period to 1Y and click Done.
Retrieve the December 30, 2016 and October 31, 2017 stock price for Apple and with it calculate the price return that you would have earned had you purchased 1 share of Apple stock at the close price on 12/30/16 and sold it at the close price on 10/31/17.
Now consider the dividend that you would have received during that time period. When you now calculate the total return which includes the stock price gain and the dividend income, what is the total return for your investment? Would you as an investor be satisfied with this return? Why or why not? Use concepts from the chapter to support your analysis.
Please do the same steps for a stock in you have some interest/curiosity. Remember to post replies to two of your peers' initial posts, and we will continue to discuss in class.

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