What rate of return would you have earned on your investment had you purchased the shares on December   10​, ​2007?

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(Calculating rates of​ return)  On December

 

10​, ​2007, the common stock of Google Inc.​ (GOOG) was trading for ​$

 

718.42.  One year later the shares sold for only ​$

 

308.82.  Google has never paid a common stock dividend.  What rate of return would you have earned on your investment had you purchased the shares on December

 

10​, ​2007?

 

 

 

 

 

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The rate of return you would have earned is

 

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​%.  ​(Round to two decimal​ places.)

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