You are bullish on Telecom stock. The current market price is $80 per share, and you have $9,000 of your own to invest. You borrow an additional $9,000 from your broker at an interest rate of 9% per year and invest $18,000 in the stock.
a. What will be your rate of return if the price of Telecom stock goes up by 8% during the next year? The stock currently pays no dividends. (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)
Rate of return %
b. How far does the price of Telecom stock have to fall for you to get a margin call if the maintenance margin is 30%? Assume the price fall happens immediately. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)
Margin call will be made at price $ or lower