1. An investor purchases 2000 shares of a stock with a market price of $48/share on a 50% margin (i.e., takes a 50% cash loan from the broker.) The investor is required to maintain a 50% maintenance margin.
A. What is the investor's margin if the price of the stock increase to $53/share?
B. If the price of the stock drops to $43 / share, what is the investor's margin?
1. An investor purchases 2000 shares of a stock with a market price of $48/share on...
An investor buys $15 thousand dollars of ABT stock at $20 per share, using 59% initial margin. The broker charges 7% APR compounded daily on the loan, and requires a 35% maintenance margin. The stock pays $0.57 per share dividend each year. If the stock is sold at the end of the year at $21 per share, what is the investor's rate of return? You sell short 200 shares of BSX at $50 per share. You post the 50% margin...
QUESTION 5 An investor buys $19 thousand dollars of ABT stock at $20 per share, using 52% initial margin. The broker charges 7% APR compounded daily on the loan, and requires a 35% maintenance margin. The stock pays $0.5 per share dividend each year. If the stock is sold at the end of the year at $22 per share, what is the investor's rate of return? Enter answer in percents, accurate to 2 decimal places. QUESTION 6 You sell short...
An investor buys $16,000 worth of a stock priced at $20 per share using 60% initial margin. The broker charges 8% on the margin loan and requires a 35% maintenance margin. The stock pays a $.50-per-share dividend in 1 year, and then the stock is sold at $23 per share. What was the investor's rate of return? 17.5% 19.67% 23.83% D. 25.75%
(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...
An investor buys $18 thousand dollars of ABT stock at $20 per share, using 54% initial margin. The broker charges 7% APR compounded daily on the loan, and requires a 35% maintenance margin. The stock pays $0.83 per share dividend each year. If the stock is sold at the end of the year at $25 per share, what is the investor's rate of return? Enter answer in percents, accurate to 2 decimal places.
An investor buys $18 thousand dollars of ABT stock at $20 per share, using 54% initial margin The broker charges 7% APR compounded daily on the loan, and requires a 35% maintenance margin The stock pays $0.83 per share dividend each year. If the stock is sold at the end of the year at $25 per share, what is the investor's rate of return? Enter answer in percents, accurate to 2 decimal places
An investor short sells 400 shares of a stock for $ 20.62 per share. The initial margin is 50 %, and the maintenance margin is 29 %. The price of the stock rises to $ 29.95 per share. What is the margin, and will there be a margin call? The margin in the account is _______________%. (Round to the nearest percent.)
When an investor purchases a share of stock at $50 and the stock tumbles to $35, the investor with loss aversion prefers to: A) sell the stock at $35 and use the proceeds to make a better investment. B) keep the stock and avoid the losses, at least until the price returns to $50. C) buy more shares at 35 dollars. D) leave the stock market.
An investor shorts 100 shares of a stock when the share price is $50 and closes out the position one week later when the share price is $48. The stock pays a dividend of $1.5 per share during the week. Assume that the risk free interest rate is zero. How much does the investor gain?
Dée trailer opens a brokerage account and purchases 100 Shares
of Internet dreams that $60 per share. She borrows $2000 from her
broker to help pay for the purchase. The interest rate on the loan
is 10% what is the margin in his account when she first purchase
the stock? If the share price falls to $50 per share by the end of
the year what is the remaining margin in her account? (Round your
answer to two decimal places.)...