BigDecimal multiplication returns 0?

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I'm a bit of a newbie at Java and I have to multiply 52 numbers with each other ranging anywhere from 0 to 2000. I already tried using *= without BigDecimal but the result gives me 0.0.

Here is my code:

BigDecimal productOfStock1 = BigDecimal.ZERO;

for(int k = 1; k <= N; k++){

    for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++){
      if (i == 1){
        stockPrice[k][i] = stockZero*Math.pow(e, form + sigma*(randomno.nextGaussian()));
      }
      else {
        stockPrice[k][i] = stockPrice[k][i-1]*Math.pow(e, form + sigma*(randomno.nextGaussian()));

      }
      //sumOfStock += stockPrice[k][i];
      //productOfStock *= stockPrice[k][i];
      productOfStock1 = productOfStock1.multiply(BigDecimal.valueOf(stockPrice[k][i]));

      System.out.println(/*"Stock at [" + i + "] for N = " + N + "  and path number " + k + " is " + */stockPrice[k][i]);


  }
  }

System.out.println(productOfStock1);

This gives me 0E-637 instead of the big number it is supposed to give me. Any help is appreciated.

asked 1 min ago

user3251256

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