单选题 An analyst gathers the following information about a common stock investment:
date amount
stock purchase
cash dividend received
stock sale
15 January 2009
14 July 2009
15 July 2009
$48
$4
$54
The holding period return on the common stock investment is closest to:
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 持有期回报率(HPR)指某项投资在持有期间的增值与其成本(购入价格)的比率,其计算公式为:

式中,P t-1 和P t 表示在持有期期初和期末每份投资的价格,D t 表示在持有期内获得的现金流(利息或股利)。
在本题中,