| 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   |