Question

d (i). Suppose that ZX Inc. is currently selling at $50 per share. You buy 200 shares, using $5,000 of your own money and borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. The rate on the margin loan is 5%. What is the rate of return on your margined position (assuming again that you invest $5,000 of your own money) if ZX Inc. is selling after one year at $46 (use whole number percentage with two decimals rounded up/down - i.e. 0.3245 input 32.45) ? Group of answer choices -21% -20% -19% -18%

Answer 1

-21%

Step-by-step explanation:

Initial share price = $50

Share price after 1 year = $46

net return = (200 x $46) - $10,000 - ($5,000 x 5%) = $9,200 - $10,000 - $250 = -$1,050

rate of return of margined position = -$1,050 / $5,000 = -0.21 = -21%

when you operate on the margin, your earnings can increase or decrease dramatically. In this case, an 8% price decrease resulted in a 215 lose.