One year ago,a U.S.investor converted dollars to yen and purchased 100 shares of stock in a Japanese company at a price of 3,150 yen per share.The stock's total purchase cost was 315,000 yen.At the time of purchase,in the currency market 1 yen equaled $0.00952.Today,the stock is selling at a price of 3,465 yen per share,and in the currency market $1 equals 130 yen.The stock does not pay a dividend.If the investor were to sell the stock today and convert the proceeds back to dollars,what would be his realized return on his initial dollar investment from holding the stock?
A) −13.51%
B) −12.87%
C) −12.26%
D) −11.67%
E) −11.12%
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