Suppose that Xtel currently is selling at $$60$ per share. You buy $400$ shares using $$15,000$ of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. The rate on the margin loan is $8\%.$

Required:

What is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of Xtel immediately changes to: $($i$)$ $$63\mathrm{.}90$; $($ii$)$ $$60$; $($iii$)$ $$56\mathrm{.}10?$ What is the relationship between your percentage return and the percentage change in the price of Xtel?

If the maintenance margin is $25\%,$ how low can Xtel$$s price fall before you get a margin call?

How would your answer to $($b$)$ change if you had financed the initial purchase with only $$12,000$ of your own money?

What is the rate of return on your margined position $($assuming again that you invest $$15,000$ of your own money$)$ if Xtel is selling after $1$ year at: $($i$)$ $$63\mathrm{.}90$; $($ii$)$ $$60$; $($iii$)$ $$56\mathrm{.}10?$ What is the relationship between your percentage return and the percentage change in the price of Xtel? Assume that Xtel pays no dividends.

Continue to assume that a year has passed. How low can Xtel$$s price fall before you get a margin call?