One year ago, you purchased 200 shares of a stock at a price of $54.18 a share. Today, you sold those shares for $40.25 a share. During the past year, you received total dividends of $164.
(1) What is your total dollar return? What is your percentage return?
(2) If the inflation rate is 4.2% for the last year, what is your real rate of return on this investment?