In: Finance
Suppose that LMN stock currently is selling at $78 per share.
You buy 250 shares using $10,000 of your own money, borrowing the
remainder of the purchase price from your broker. The rate on the
margin loan is 5%.
a. What is the percentage increase in the net
worth of your brokerage account if the price of LMN
immediately changes to: (i) $84.24; (ii) $78; (iii)
$71.76? What is the relationship between your percentage return and
the percentage change in the price of LMN? (Leave no cells
blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Negative values
should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 2
decimal places.)
b. If the maintenance margin is 25%, how low can
LMN's price fall before you get a margin call? (Round your
answer to 2 decimal places.)
c. How would your answer to (b) change if
you had financed the initial purchase with only $9,750 of your own
money? (Round your answer to 2 decimal
places.)
d. What is the rate of return on your margined
position (assuming again that you invest $10,000 of your own money)
if LMN is selling after 1 year at: (i) $84.24; (ii) $78;
(iii) $71.76? What is the relationship between your percentage
return and the percentage change in the price of LMN? Assume that
LMN pays no dividends. (Negative values should be indicated
by a minus sign. Round your answers to 2 decimal
places.)
e. Continue to assume that a year has passed. How
low can LMN's price fall before you get a margin call?
(Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)