34. Joe Banks purchased 300 shares of a $42 stock in his margin account. His broker charges $6.00 in commission for an unlimited amount of shares, and has a policy of 50% initial margin and 35% maintenance margin. Three days later on settlement day, Joe delivered a check to the broker in the amount of $6.303. One week went by and the stock suddenly fell to $26.00. How much will Joe have to pay in a margin call? A. B. C. c D. E. Make your selection: $ $ $ $ $ 953 983 1,023 1,233 1,523

34. Joe Banks purchased 300 shares of a $42 stock in his margin account. His broker charges $6.00 in commission for an unlimited amount of shares, and has a policy of 50% initial margin and 35% maintenance margin. Three days later on settlement day, Joe delivered a check to the broker in the amount of $6.303. One week went by and the stock suddenly fell to $26.00. How much will Joe have to pay in a margin call? A. B. C. c D. E. Make your selection: $ $ $ $ $ 953 983 1,023 1,233 1,523

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You purchase 2,000 shares of Nice Kick Group (NKG) at $45 per share by giving your broker $60,000 to establish your margin account and borrowing the rest from your broker. A year has passed (t=1), and NKG paid out a dividend of $2 per share. The maintenance margin is 25%. If you paid an interest at a rate of 8% on the funds you borrowed from your broker, what is the NKG price at which would trigger a margin call? A. $60.94 B. $36.25 C. $71.07 D. $18.93
Jessie B. purchases 450 shares of Smooth Sail Inc. for $50 per share at a time when the initial margin requirement is 60%. After two months, seeing that the price of Smooth Sail has fallen to $40 per share, Jessie wishes to buy an additional 200 shares. By this time, the initial margin requirement has gonedown to 50%. Will Jessie be able to do some pyramiding? What is the amount of margin he will be required to provide for his second transaction? Answer the question showing calculations.
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Axel bought $13, 539 worth of stock on margin. The initial margin was 75% and the maintenance margin was 22 %. Actual margin decreased to 16%. Axel deposited enough cash to raise the margin to 35 %. Rounded to the nearest penny, how much cash did Axel deposit? Correct Answer: 1, 177.84
Suppose Tyler initially pays $76,000 toward the purchase of $108,000 worth of stock, borrowing the remaining balance from one of notorious brokers, Diego. In this case, Tyler’s initial percentage margin is closest to A. 70.37%. B. 60.50%. C. 39.50%. D. 29.63%. Clear my choice
A broker starts a business on January 1 with $ 1,00,000 cash and no other assets and liabilities. He buys shares on January 1 for $ 1,00,000 and sells half of the shares for $ 88,000 on June 30. During the year, general price level has increased by 12.35% (7% in the first 6 months and 5% in the last 6 months of the year). The current cost of shares which were bought on January 1 for $ 50,000 was $ 73,500 on June 30, and $ 84,000 on December 31. From the above information, you are required to prepare the financial statements under alternative accounting methods, viz., historical cost accounts, purchasing power-adjusted accounts, current cost accounts and specific and general price-adjusted accounts.
You are very optimistic about the personal computer industry, so you buy 200 shares of Microtech Inc. at $45 per share. You are very pessimistic about the machine tool industry, so you sell short 300 shares of King Tools Corporation at $55. Each transaction requires a 40 percent margin balance. a. What is the initial equity in your account? b. Assume the price of each stock is as follows for the next three months (month-end). Compute the equity balance in your account for each month: Month Microtech Inc. King Tools Corp. October $51 $48 November 39 62 December 37 40
Seven months ago, you purchased 400 shares of stock on margin. The initial margin requirement on your account is 70 percent and the maintenance margin is 30 percent. The call money rate on the margin loan is 6.65 percent. The purchase price was $16 a share. Today, you sold these shares for $18.00 each. What is your annualized rate of return? O 64.64 percent O 56.87 percent O 33.35 percent O 42.77 percent O 29.39 percent O O
Finance You short sold 700 shares of a stock at $25 a share. The initial margin requirement is 75 percent and the maintenance margin is 35 percent. The price of the stock has changed to $30 a share today. How much money do you owe your broker today? Provide the answer in dollars, accurate to two decimal places.
"Five hundred shares of Copper common stock. The company plans to sell the stock in 60days to help pay for a note due at that time at the bank". The stocks, in this case, are considered as cash equivalent or short term investment? Thank you in Advance!
You've just opened a margin account with $33,880 at your local brokerage firm. You instruct your broker to purchase 800 shares of Landon Golf stock, which currently sells for $77 per share. Suppose the call money rate is 6.5 percent and your broker charges you a spread of 1.25 percent over this rate. You hold the stock for four months and sell at a price of $84 per share. The company paid a dividend of $.32 per share the day before you sold your stock. a. What is your total dollar return from this investment? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Dollar return b. What is your effective annual rate of return? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Effective annual return %

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