Suppose you are a U.S. investor who is planning to invest $295,000 in Japan. You do so at a starting exchange rate of 85.98¥/$. Your Japanese investment gains 8.70 percent, and the ending exchange rate is 84.26¥/$. What is your total return on this investment? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

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Suppose you are a U.S. investor who is planning to invest $295,000 in Japan. You do so at a starting exchange rate of 85.98¥/$. Your Japanese investment gains 8.70 percent, and the ending exchange rate is 84.26¥/$. What is your total return on this investment? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

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Given:

Investment = $295,000

Spot exchange rate = 85.98¥/$

Interest rate = 8.70%

Ending exchange rate = 84.26¥/$

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