Use the following information to answer the next two questions:
An investor owns 20,000 shares of SPY worth $210 per share. The shares were purchased using the investor’s capital and a margin loan. The margin loan balance is $2.5 million. Compute the investor’s margin ratio and identify it among the following choices:
A. 0.405
B. 0.525
C. 0.595
D. 0.715
E. 0.800
If the maintenance margin for the SPY investor is 0.30, at what SPY share price will the investor receive a margin call?
A. 63.00
B. 178.57
C. 183.45
D. 196.13
E. 202.36