Assume that you purchased Ford Motor Company stock at the closing price on December 31, 2008 and ...

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Explanation:  A)
Date   Price ($)   Dividend ($)   Return   (1 + return)   
December 31, 2008   $14.64         1   1
January 26, 2009   $13.35   $0.10   -8.13%   0.918716   0.918716
April 28, 2009   $9.14   $0.10   -30.79%   0.692135   0.635875
July 29, 2009   $10.74   $0.10   18.60%   1.185996   0.754145
October 28, 2009   $8.02   $0.10   -24.39%   0.756052   0.570173
December 30, 2009   $7.72      -3.74%   0.962594   0.548845
               
               
      The Product of
(1 + returns) - 1 =         -0.45116
The last column in the table contains the cumulative product of (1 + returns)

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