1) You purchase 220 shares of 2nd Chance Co. stock on margin at a price of $55. Your broker requires you to deposit $6,000. What is your margin loan amount? What is the initial margin requirement?
2) In the previous problem, suppose you sell the stock at a price of $62. What is your return? What would your return have been had you purchased the stock without margin?
Suppose the stock price is $46 when you sell the stock. What is your return? What would your return have been had you purchased the stock without margin?