Multiple Choice
Exhibit 4.6
USE THE INFORMATION BELOW FOR THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM(S)
You decide to sell short 200 shares of XCorp stock at a price of $75. Your margin deposit is 65 percent. Commission on the sale is 1.25%. While you are short, the stock pays a $1.75 per share dividend. Interest on margin debt is 5.25% per year.
-Refer to Exhibit 4.6. Suppose at the end of one year XCorp is selling at $90 per share and you cover your short position at this price. What is your rate of return on the investment? (Assume a 1.25% commission on the purchase.)
A) -40.64%
B) -25.53%
C) 5.21%
D) 72.7%
E) -71.2%
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