You have a brokerage account with the following terms: You have a margin trading account with 50%
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You have a brokerage account with the following terms:
You have a margin trading account with 50% initial margin and 35% maintenance margin. The interest rate on your loans is 8% per year.
1. You deposit $15,000 of your own money in the account. You will use all of it to buy on margin a stock trading at $50 per share.
A) Calculate the price at which you will receive a margin call
B) Calculate your ROI - if after 3 months the share pays a dividend of $0.35 per share and is trading at $56.50 per share.
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Income Tax Fundamentals 2013
ISBN: 9781285586618
31st Edition
Authors: Gerald E. Whittenburg, Martha Altus Buller, Steven L Gill
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