Q7. An investor buys 200 shares of ABC at the market price of $100 on full margin. The initial margin requirement is 40% and the maintenance margin requirement is 25%.
If the shares of stock later sold for $200 per share, what is the rate of return on the margin transaction?
A) 400%.
B) 250%.
C) 100%.
Q8. Mark Ritchie purchased, on margin, 200 shares of TMX Corp. stock at a price of $35 per share. The margin requirement was 50%. The stock price has increased to $42 per share. What is Ritchie’s return on investment before commissions and interest if he decides to sell his TMX holdings now?
A) 20%.
B) 10%.
C) 40%.
Q9. Lynne Hampton purchased 100 shares of $75 stock on margin. The margin requirement set by the Federal Reserve Board was 40%, but Hampton’s brokerage firm requires a total margin of 50%. Currently the stock is selling at $62 per share. What is Hampton’s return on investment before commission and interest if she sells the stock now?
A) -40%.
B) -17%.
C) -35%.
Q10. Using the following assumptions, calculate the rate of return on a margin transaction for an investor who purchases the stock and the stock price at which the investor would have received a margin call.
- Market Price Per Share: $32
- Number of Shares Purchased: 1,000
- Holding Period: 1 year
- Ending Share Price: $34
- Initial Margin Requirement: 40%
- Maintenance margin: 25%
- Transaction and borrowing costs: $0
- The company pays no dividends
Margin Return Margin Call Price
A) 6.3% $25.60
B) 15.6% $25.60
C) 15.6% $17.07
Q11. An investor purchases 200 shares of Merxx on margin. The shares are trading at $40. Initial and maintenance margins are 50% and 25%.
If the investor sells the stock when the price rises to $50 at year-end, the return on the investment would be closest to:
A) 50.00%.
B) 25.00%.
C) 18.75%.
Q12. If the company pays a dividend of $0.75, the return on the investment would be closest to:
A) 39.55%.
B) 53.75%.
C) 15.75%.
Q13. When using margin to invest in equities, which of the following defines initial margin and what level will the margin be brought back to in the event of a margin call?
Initial margin Margin call action
A) amount of borrowed funds in the transactions a deposit must be made to bring the margin back to the maintenance margin
B) minimum amount of equity required of the investor a deposit must be made to bring the margin back to the maintenance margin
C) minimum amount of equity required of the investor a deposit must be made to bring the margin back to the initial margin
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