Suppose that XYZ currently is trading at $20 per share. You buy 1,000 shares using $15,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase cost from your broker. The rate on the margin loan is 8%.
a) What is your rate of return if the price of XYZ immediately changes to $22?
b) With the same information on stock XYZ and your initial margin above, assume a year has passed. How low can XYZ's price per share fall before you get a margin call if the maintenance margin is 25%?
Suppose that XYZ currently is trading at $20 per share. You buy 1,000 shares using $15,000...
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Indexes & Trading 1. The price of Facebook stock is currently at $56.51 and you decide to buy 160 shares on margin. You borrow $1,500 from your broker and finance the remainder of the purchase with your own cash. a. What is your margin (as a decimal value)? b. If the price rises to $60, and the interest you have to pay on the broker's loan is 3%, what is the net return (as a decimal value)? c. If the...
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Shares of XYZ are currently trading at $19.29 per share. You open a butterfly spread position because you believe the stock price will remain stable for the next month. You long a $3.40 call option with a strike price of $16.00. You short two $0.92 call options with a strike price of $19.00. You long a $0.09 call option with a strike price of $22.00. If at maturity, XYZ shares are trading at $17.00 per share, what is the final...
Shares of XYZ are currently trading at $19.29 per share. You open a long straddle position to capture any potential volatility from the upcoming earning announcement. You long a $0.92 call option with a strike price of $19.00. You long a $0.62 put option with a strike price of $19.00. If at maturity, XYZ shares are trading at $15.00 per share, what is the final value of your long straddle position (on a per share basis)?
The price of Facebook stock is currently at $56.51 and you decide to buy 130 shares on margin. You borrow $1,500 from your broker and finance the remainder of the purchase with your own cash. a.What is your margin (as a decimal value)? b.If the price rises to $60, and the interest you have to pay on the broker's loan is 1%, what is the net return (as a decimal value)? c.If the broker's maintenance margin is 40%, what is...
XYZ currently has common stock trading at $40 per share. XYZ just paid a dividend of $2.00 per share, which is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5%. XYZ's beta is 1.5, the risk-free rate is 2%, and the market return is expected to be 8%. The pre-tax yield on XYZ's bonds is 7%. XYZ's finance department believes that new stock would require a premium of 5% over their own bond yield. Flotation cost for issuing new stock...