Suppose that Xtel 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 $5\%.$

Required:

What is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of Xtel immediately changes to: $($i$)$ $$84\mathrm{.}24$; $($ii$)$ $$78$; $($iii$)$ $$71\mathrm{.}76?$ 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 $$9,750$ of your own money?

What is the rate of return on your margined position $($assuming again that you invest $$10,000$ of your own money$)$ if Xtel is selling after $1$ year at: $($i$)$ $$84\mathrm{.}24$; $($ii$)$ $$78$; $($iii$)$ $$71\mathrm{.}76?$ 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?