Taxable Yield, Bonds, Rate of Return, Share Price, and other topics in finance
Discipline: Finance
Type of Paper: Question-Answer
Academic Level: High school
Paper Format: APA
Question
Problem 4-24
You purchased 2,500 shares of the New Fund at a price of $20 per share at the
beginning of the year. You paid a front-end load of 4%. The securities in which
the fund invests increase in value by 11% during the year. The fund's expense
ratio is 2.7%. What is your rate of return on the fund if you sell your shares
at the end of the year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your
answer to 2 decimal places.)
Rate of return %
Problem 4-16
Corporate Fund started the year with a net asset value of $12.90. By year-end,
its NAV equaled $12.30. The fund paid year-end distributions of income and
capital gains of $1.40.
What was the rate of return
to an investor in the fund? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Rate of return %
Problem 3-24
On January 1, you sold short one round lot (that is, 100 shares) of Lowe's
stock at $24.70 per share. On March 1, a dividend of $1.50 per share was paid.
On April 1, you covered the short sale by buying the stock at a price of $20.50
per share. You paid 20 cents per share in commissions for each transaction.
a. What is the proceeds from
the short sale (net of commission)?
Proceeds from the short sale $2470.00
b. What is the dividend payment?
Dividend payment $150.00
c. What is the total cost,
including commission, if you have to cover the short sale by buying the stock
at a price of $20.50 per share?
Total cost including commission $
d. What is the value of your account on April 1?
Value of account $
100 24.7 2470
100 1.5 150
100 20.5 2050 2070
150 2070 -1920
Problem 3-15
Dée Trader opens a brokerage account and purchases 100 shares of Internet
Dreams at $60 per share. She borrows $2,000 from her broker to help pay for the
purchase. The interest rate on the loan is 10%.
a. What is the margin in
Dée's account when she first purchases the stock?
Margin $
b-1. If the share price falls
to $50 per share by the end of the year, what is the remaining margin in her
account? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Remaining margin %
b-2. If the maintenance margin requirement is 30%, will she receive a margin
call? yes
c. What is the rate of return
on her investment? (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Round
your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Rate of return %
Problem 3-19
You are bearish on Telecom and decide to sell short 100 shares at the current
market price of $38 per share.
a. How much in cash or
securities must you put into your brokerage account if the broker's initial
margin requirement is 50% of the value of the short position?
Initial margin $1900.00
b. How high can the price of the stock go before you get a margin call if the
maintenance margin is 30% of the value of the short position? (Round your
answer to 2 decimal places.)
Stock price reaches $
Problem 3-16
Old Economy Traders opened an account to short-sell 1,000 shares of Internet
Dreams at $130 per share. The initial margin requirement was 50%. (The margin
account pays no interest.) A year later, the price of Internet Dreams has risen
from $130 to $144.00, and the stock has paid a dividend of $22.00 per share.
a. What is the remaining
margin in the account?
Remaining margin $
b-1. What is the margin on the short position? (Round your answer to 2 decimal
places.)
Short margin %
b-2. If the maintenance margin requirement is 30%, will Old Economy receive a
margin call?
c. What is the rate of return
on the investment? (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Round
your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Rate of return %
Problem 2-23
A T-bill with face value $10,000 and 97 days to maturity is selling at a bank
discount ask yield of 4.4%.
a. What is the price of the
bill? (Use 360 days a year. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your
answer to 2 decimal places.)
Price of the bill $
b. What is its bond equivalent yield? (Use 365 days a year. Do not round
intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Bond equivalent yield %
Problem 2-13
A municipal bond carries a coupon rate of 7.50% and is trading at par.
What would be the equivalent
taxable yield of this bond to a taxpayer in a 35% tax bracket? (Round your answer
to 2 decimal places.)
Equivalent taxable yield %
Problem 4-18
Loaded-Up Fund charges a 12b-1 fee of 1% and maintains an expense ratio of
0.60%. Economy Fund charges a front-end load of 2%, but has no 12b-1 fee and an
expense ratio of 0.40%. Assume the rate of return on both funds' portfolios
(before any fees) is 6% per year.
a. How much will an
investment of $100 in each fund grow to after 1 year? (Do not round
intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Loaded-Up Fund $
Economy Fund $
b. How much will an
investment of $100 in each fund grow to after 3 years? (Do not round
intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Loaded-Up Fund $
Economy Fund $
c. How much will an
investment of $100 in each fund grow to after 10 years? (Do not round
intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Loaded-Up Fund $
Economy Fund $
Problem 3-18
You are bullish on Telecom stock. The current market price is $70 per share,
and you have $21,000 of your own to invest. You borrow an additional $21,000
from your broker at an interest rate of 8.8% per year and invest $42,000 in the
stock.
a. What will be your rate of
return if the price of Telecom stock goes up by 10% during the next year?
(Ignore the expected dividend.) (Round your answer to 2 decimal places).
Rate of return %
b. How far does the price of Telecom stock have to fall for you to get a margin
call if the maintenance margin is 30%? Assume the price fall happens
immediately. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Stock price falls below $.
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