Assume that you have invested $100,000 in British equities. When purchased the stock's price and the exchange rate were 50 and 0.50/$1.00 respectively. At selling time, one year after purchase, they were 45 and 0.60/$1.00. If the investor had sold 50,000 forward at the forward exchange rate of 0.55/$1.00, the dollar rate of return would be:

• A. -27.27%
• B. -17.42%
• C. -9.09%
• D. 28.00%