a) You purchase 516 shares of ABC Co. stock on margin at a price of $37. Your broker requires you to deposit $12,300. What is the initial margin requirement in percent? Answer to two decimals. b) You purchased 391 shares of PQR, Inc., stock on 56% margin when the stock was selling for $34.46 a share. The stock is currently selling for $33.54 a share. What is your current equity position (in $)? Answer to two decimals. c) You purchase 639 shares of XYZ Co. stock on margin at a price of $27. Your broker requires you to deposit $6,535. A month later, you sell the stock at a price of $28. What is your return in percent? Answer to two decimals. d) Tom purchased 549 shares of stock on margin for $28.52 a share and sold the shares 3 months later for $28.34 a share. The initial margin requirement was 71 percent and the maintenance margin was 29 percent. The interest rate on the margin loan was 5 percent. He received no dividend income. What was his holding period return (in percent)? Answer to two decimals. e) You buy 912 shares of stock at a price of $42.66 and an initial margin of 53 percent. What is the maximum percentage decline in the stock before you will receive a margin call if the maintenance margin is 31 percent? Answer to two decimals and include minus sign in answer.
a) You purchase 516 shares of ABC Co. stock on margin at a price of $37. Your broker requires you to deposit $12,300. What is the initial margin requirement in percent? Answer to two decimals.
b) You purchased 391 shares of PQR, Inc., stock on 56% margin when the stock was selling for $34.46 a share. The stock is currently selling for $33.54 a share. What is your current equity position (in $)? Answer to two decimals.
c) You purchase 639 shares of XYZ Co. stock on margin at a price of $27. Your broker requires you to deposit $6,535. A month later, you sell the stock at a price of $28. What is your return in percent? Answer to two decimals.
d) Tom purchased 549 shares of stock on margin for $28.52 a share and sold the shares 3 months later for $28.34 a share. The initial margin requirement was 71 percent and the maintenance margin was 29 percent. The interest rate on the margin loan was 5 percent. He received no dividend income. What was his holding period return (in percent)? Answer to two decimals.
e) You buy 912 shares of stock at a price of $42.66 and an initial margin of 53 percent. What is the maximum percentage decline in the stock before you will receive a margin call if the maintenance margin is 31 percent? Answer to two decimals and include minus sign in answer.
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