Question

Emerald Energy is an oil exploration and production company that trades on the London stock market.Assume that when purchased by an international investor the stock's price and the exchange rate were £5 and £0.64/$1.00 respectively. At selling time, one year after the purchase date, they were £6 and £0.60/$1.00. Calculate the investor's annual percentage rate of return in terms of the U.S. dollars.

a) 0.20%
b) 20.00%
c) 1.28%
d) 28.00%

Answer 1

Option D is correct

Step-by-step explanation:

Price of stock = €5

Convert stock price to dollar at the begging of year using the exchange rate of €0.64/$1 = 5/0.64 = $7.81

Value of stock at the end of year = €6

Convert value to dollar using the present exchange rate of €0.6/$1 = 6/0.6 = $10

APR = (EYP -BYP)/BYP *100%

Where APR = annual percentage rate, EYP = end of year price

BYP = beginning of year price

APR = (10 - 7.81)/7.81 *100% = 28.04% (D)