You decide to sell short 300 shares of Charlotte Horse Farms when it is selling at its yearly high of $49. Your broker tells you that your margin requirement is 65 percent and that the commission on the purchase is $525. While you are short the stock, Charlotte pays a $2.35 per share dividend. At the end of one year, you buy 300 shares of Charlotte at $34 to close out your position and are charged a commission of $520 and 9 percent interest on the money borrowed. What is your rate of return on the investment? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

Emily is holding shares of stock A with market value of $100,000 that includes unrealized capital gains of $20,000. Tax rate on realized capital gains is 25%. Stock A is expected to earn annual return of 6.5% in the future. Stock B is expected to earn an 8.7% annual return in the future. What will be the after-tax value of switching to stock B now at the end of the holding period of three more years? Below 109,000 Between 109,000 and 110,500 Between 110,500 and 112,000 Between 112,000 and 113,500 Between 113,500 and 115,000 Above 115,000

Amelia purchased 500 shares of Xienna stock at RM50 per share. She owns RM15,000 to invest and the minimum initial margin requirement is 50%. She held the stock for exactly four months and sold it without any brokerage cost at the end of that period. During the four-month holding period, the stock paid RM1.50 per share in cash dividends. Amelia was charged 8% annual interest on the margin loan. The minimum maintenance margin was 30%. While her husband, Afiq prefer to trade in stock futures. Afiq are bearish on Sunway stock and decide to short sells 300 shares. The initial margin is 50%, and the maintenance margin is 35%. A year later, Sunway price has risen from RM25 to RM37, and the stock has paid a dividend of RM2.00 per share. Required: a. Calculate the initial value of Amelia investment and borrowing amounts. b. What is the percentage margin when she first purchases the stock? c. Calculate the (1) dividend received and (2) interest paid on the margin loan during the four-month…

Sam purchased Walsh stocks at $200 per share three month ago and did not receive anydividends so far. If his target is to earn a 20% APR on the investments, at what stock price couldhe sell the stock now? (Hint: what is the HPR for 3 months?)