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You are bullish on Telecom stock. The current market price is
$10 per share, and you have $1,000 of your own to invest. You
borrow an additional $1,000 from your broker at an interest rate of
8.5% per year and invest $2,000 in the stock.
a. What will be your rate of return if the price of Telecom stock goes up by 10% during the next year? (Ignore the expected dividend.) (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Rate of return
%
b. How far does the price of Telecom stock have
to fall for you to get a margin call if the maintenance margin is
30%? Assume the price fall happens immediately. (Round your
answer to 2 decimal places.)
Stock price falls below $