Essentials of Investments (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
Essentials of Investments (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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ISBN: 9780077835422
Author: Zvi Bodie Professor, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 17, Problem 3CP
Summary Introduction

Adequate information:

The required maintenance margin = $2500

Initial margin posted by Jerry Harris = $6000

Price per July silver futures contract = $28/ounce

Total amount of silver a silver contract includes = 5000 ounces

To construct:

First price per ounce at which Harris would receive a maintenance margin call.

Introduction:

A maintenance margin at 25% means that there must be a minimum amount of equity valued at 25% or more of the total value of the margin account. If one or more securities in the account falls below a certain price and these requirements are not met, the investor receives a margin call, sometimes known as a "fed call."

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