13. What is the maximum loss you can incur if you have a long position on a stock in a cash account?
The initial investment
The initial margin
The margin loan plus interest
Zero
Unlimited
The maximum loss you can incur if you have a long position on a stock in a cash account is
The initial investment
For example if a stock is purchased for $100 then the maximu loss that can be incurred is $100 that too if the price of the stock reduces to zero
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112 If you want to keep your position one llaintenance margina Initial cash what share price will you b despite the stock price plunge, what alter 14 Margin and Leverage (LO3 and you are charged a 1.5 percen for each of the following share, a. 556 b. $48 c. $32 rice will you be subject to a margin call? If you olunge, what alternatives do you have? Leverage (LO3, CFA4) In Problem 13....
3. Define Short Sales. Make sure you explain what a long position and a short position are. a. Now assume that that you short 500 shares of AT&T (T) at S50 per share. Your broker has a 40% initial margin. How does this look in the balance sheet? Liabilities and Account Equity b. Your broker has a maintenance margin of 30%. If the price of the stock falls to $30 per share, what is your new margin? Are you benefited...
16) Todd has a margin account with $17,400 in available cash. The initial margin is 70 percent and the maintenance margin is 30 percent. What is the maximum number of shares he can purchase if the price per share is $44? 17) Aaron purchased 300 shares of a technology stock for $16.80 a share. The initial margin requirement on this stock is 85 percent and the maintenance margin is 60 percent. What is the lowest the stock price can go...
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13. John has entered into 25 long futures contracts on a certain stock index. Each contract is for 80 shares of the index. The initial margin is 20%, and the maintenance margin is 90% of the initial margin. John's margin account earns interest at a continuously compounded rate of 9%. The account is marked-to-market monthly. At the time when Jordan enters the contracts, the price of the stock is S. At the end...
What is the maximum payoff that a long put option can have? How about a long call option? What is the maximum payoff that a long put option can have? O A. Twice the difference of the price of the put at the time of purchase and the strike price O B. The stock price at the time of purchase O C. The strike price O D. There is no maximum payoff for a long put option. What is the...
2. A trader takes a long position and a hedge fund takes a short position on ten S&P 500 futures contracts at 3300. A single S&P 500 futures contract invoice price equals ($50) x (Index Price). The initial margin is $12,500 and the maintenance margin is $9,500 per contract. Ten trading days later, the futures price of the index drops to 3150. a) What is the change in margin account balance 1) for the trader, and 2) for the hedge...
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Margined Long Position Name Date Suppose that an investor buys 300 shares on margin at $40 per share. The initial margin is 50% and the maintenance margin is 30%. After one year, the investor sells the shares for $38 and closes the long position. During the holding period, the shares paid a dividend of S1.30 per share. Interest on the margin loan is 7% annual. Show the calculations for the numbers you enter...
Margin Ratios: Long: Your starting position is as follows: Assets: Liabilities & Equity 1,000 shrs @ $10 Loan from Broker $4,000 = $10,000 Equity $6,000 What is your starting “percentage margin”? You believe the stock is going to go up to $15 per share. If it does that, what would be your: Dollar return on the $6,000 equity you started out with? The percentage return on the $6,000 equity you started with? Bad news – you...
Q3) If you have a long position in a foreign currency, you can hedge with A) a short position in a currency forward contract. B) borrowing in the domestic and foreign money markets. C) a short position in an exchange-traded futures option. D) a short position in foreign currency warrants Q4) If you owe a foreign currency denominated debt, you can hedge with A) a long position in a currency forward contract, or buying the foreign currency today and investing...
(3) An investor buys $8,000 worth of a stock priced at $40 per share using 50% initial margin. The broker charges 6% on the margin loan and requires a 30% maintenance margin. In one year the investor has interest payable and gets a margin call. What is the stock price that triggers the margin call? How much additional cash should the investor put in his account to restore the 50% initial margin after receiving the margin call? Suppose that the...