The investor will show a capital loss of $155.
We gather the following information from this question:
Pop of the fund three years ago : $12
NAV of the fund three years ago : $11.50
Current Pop : $11
Current NAV : $10.45
Number of shares : 100 shares.
We need to calculate capital loss or gain on the 100 shares in the mutual fund.
While taking the cost per unit, <u>we need to consider the public-offer-price (pop) into consideration, since an investor can only buy the shares at pop</u>.
Similarly, while selling the shares, the <u>shareholder can liquidate his position by selling back to the mutual fund at the NAV prevailing at the end of the business day</u> on which he wants to sell.
So, the formula to calculate capital gain or loss is: