# Some of the websites provide information on the international indexes. a. How has the FTSE 100 (a U.K. stock, index) performed over the past year? Calculate its return (in local currency) over the past year. (Note: Index value is shown in local currency.) From your answer in question 3a, during this past year would a U.S. investor have earned more or less of a return calculated in dollars? Calculate the U.S. investor’s approximate dollar return. (Assume that the U.S. investor had originally invested $1,000 in a FTSE 100 index fund at the beginning of the year but wants to liquidate the investment at the end of the year. Ignore any transactions costs.) b. How has the Nikkei 225 (a Japanese stock index) performed over the past year? Calculate its return (in local currency) over the past year. (Note: Index value is shown in local currency.) From your answer in question 3b, during this past year would a us. investor have earned more or less of a return calculated in dollars? Calculate the U.S. investor’s approximate dollar return. (Assume that the U.S. investor had originally invested$1,000 in a N225 index fund at the beginning of the year but wants to liquidate the investment at the end of the year. Ignore any transactions costs.)

### Fundamentals of Financial Manageme...

9th Edition
Eugene F. Brigham + 1 other
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781305635937

### Fundamentals of Financial Manageme...

9th Edition
Eugene F. Brigham + 1 other
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781305635937

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