Suppose that Intel currently is selling at $46 per share You buy 250 shares using $8,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker The rate on the margin loan is 6 a What is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of Intel immediately changes to (i) $48 76 (ii) $46 (iii) $43 24 What is the relationship between your percentage return and the percentage change in the price of Intel (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 Omit the sign in your response ) (i) Percentage gain (ii) Percentage gain (iii) Percentage gain b If the maintenance margin is 25 , how low can Intels price fall before you get a margin call (Round your answer to 2 decimal places Omit the $ sign in your response ) Margin call will be made at price $ or lower c How would your answer to ( b ) change if you had financed the initial purchase with only $5,750 of your own money (Round your answer to 2 decimal places Omit the $ sign in your response ) Margin call will be made at price $ or lower d What is the rate of return on your margined position (assuming again that you invest $8,000 of your own money) if Intel is selling after 1 year at (i) $48 76 (ii) $46 (iii) $43 24 What is the relationship between your percentage return and the percentage change in the price of Intel Assume that Intel pays no dividends (Negative values should be indicated by a minus sign Round your answers to 2 decimal places Omit the sign in your response ) (i) Rate of return (ii) Rate of return (iii) Rate of return e Continue to assume that a year has passed How low can Intels price fall before you get a margin call Please help this is the second time posting the same question, before nobody fixed and nobody answered and they did wrong

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Suppose that Intel currently is selling at $46 per share. You buy 250 shares using $8,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the

Suppose that Intel currently is selling at $46 per share. You buy 250 shares using $8,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. The rate on the margin loan is 6%.

What is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of Intel immediately changes to: (i) $48.76; (ii) $46; (iii) $43.24? What is the relationship between your percentage return and the percentage change in the price of Intel? (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. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)


(i) Percentage gain	%
(ii) Percentage gain	%
(iii) Percentage gain	%

b.	If the maintenance margin is 25%, how low can Intels price fall before you get a margin call? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Margin call will be made at price

$ or lower

c.	How would your answer to (b) change if you had financed the initial purchase with only $5,750 of your own money? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Margin call will be made at price

$ or lower

What is the rate of return on your margined position (assuming again that you invest $8,000 of your own money) if Intel is selling after 1 year at: (i) $48.76; (ii) $46; (iii) $43.24? What is the relationship between your percentage return and the percentage change in the price of Intel? Assume that Intel pays no dividends. (Negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)


(i) Rate of return	%
(ii) Rate of return	%
(iii) Rate of return	%

e.	Continue to assume that a year has passed. How low can Intels price fall before you get a margin call? Please help this is the second time posting the same question, before nobody fixed and nobody answered and they did wrong.