Adam purchases 1,200 shares of Beta Inc. at $22 per share [inclusive of commissions] and sells them after 1 year, during which time the stock also pays a dividend. The following information is also available:   Sale price = $25                        Leverage ratio = 1.5                              Call money rate = 5% Dividend = $0.20 per share                   Commission = $0.03 per share              Maintenance margin = 20%   Assume that the interest on the loan and the dividend are both paid at the end of the year.  Adam’s return on this investment is closest to:   18.52% 19.35% 22.39% 24.52% 28.52%

Essentials Of Investments
11th Edition
ISBN:9781260013924
Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Chapter1: Investments: Background And Issues
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1PS
icon
Related questions
Question
  1. Adam purchases 1,200 shares of Beta Inc. at $22 per share [inclusive of commissions] and sells them after 1 year, during which time the stock also pays a dividend. The following information is also available:

 

Sale price = $25                        Leverage ratio = 1.5                              Call money rate = 5%

Dividend = $0.20 per share                   Commission = $0.03 per share              Maintenance margin = 20%

 

Assume that the interest on the loan and the dividend are both paid at the end of the year.  Adam’s return on this investment is closest to:

 

  1. 18.52%
  2. 19.35%
  3. 22.39%
  4. 24.52%
  5. 28.52%
Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 5 steps

Blurred answer
Similar questions
Recommended textbooks for you
Essentials Of Investments
Essentials Of Investments
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013924
Author:
Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:
Mcgraw-hill Education,
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013962
Author:
BREALEY
Publisher:
RENT MCG
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Finance
ISBN:
9781337909730
Author:
Brigham
Publisher:
Cengage
Foundations Of Finance
Foundations Of Finance
Finance
ISBN:
9780134897264
Author:
KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William
Publisher:
Pearson,
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Finance
ISBN:
9781337395250
Author:
Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Finance
ISBN:
9780077861759
Author:
Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education