The Dow closed at 12,217.56 on December 30, 2011. On December 31, 2001, it closed at 10,021.57. If you had bought a share of the Dow in 2001 and sold it in 2011, what would your return have been?
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Answer to 12/19/2011 problem:
(N=360,I=4,PV=100,000,FV=0) PMT= -477.42