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You’ve just opened a margin account with $14,000 at your local brokerage firm. Y

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Question

You’ve just opened a margin account with $14,000 at your local brokerage firm. You instruct your broker to purchase 700 shares of Landon Golf stock, which currently sells for $61 per share. Suppose the call money rate is 5.5 percent and your broker charges you a spread of 1.25 percent over this rate. You hold the stock for 6 months and sell at a price of $67 per share. The company paid a dividend of $0.52 per share the day before you sold your stock.

                 

What is your total dollar return from this investment? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

                     

            

What is your effective annual rate of return? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

             

You’ve just opened a margin account with $14,000 at your local brokerage firm. You instruct your broker to purchase 700 shares of Landon Golf stock, which currently sells for $61 per share. Suppose the call money rate is 5.5 percent and your broker charges you a spread of 1.25 percent over this rate. You hold the stock for 6 months and sell at a price of $67 per share. The company paid a dividend of $0.52 per share the day before you sold your stock.

Explanation / Answer

Stock Sale Price + Dividends Received - Stock Purchase Price - Margin Interest Stock Purchase Price / stock purchase price

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Long Rate of Return =

Stock Sale Price + Dividends Received - Stock Purchase Price - Margin Interest Stock Purchase Price / stock purchase price