Chapter 1: Question 2-31I (page 52)
Examine the stocks listed in Figure 2.8. For how many of these stocks is the 52-week high price at least 50% greater than the 52-week low price? What do you conclude about the volatility of prices on individual stocks?
11 stocks;
Stocks are highly volatile
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Balanced funds and asset allocation funds invest in both the stock and bond markets. What is the difference between these types of funds?
Suppose that Intel currently is selling at \(40 per share. You buy 500 shares using \)15,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. The rate on the margin loan is 8%.
a. What is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of Intel immediately changes to (i) \(44; (ii) \)40; (iii) \(36? What is the relationship between your percentage return and the percentage change in the price of Intel?
b. If the maintenance margin is 25%, how low can Intel’s price fall before you get a margin call?
c. How would your answer to ( b ) change if you had financed the initial purchase with only \)10,000 of your own money?
d. What is the rate of return on your margined position (assuming again that you invest \(15,000 of your own money) if Intel is selling after one year at (i) \)44; (ii) \(40; (iii) \)36?
What is the relationship between your percentage return and the percentage change in the price of Intel? Assume that Intel pays no dividends.
e. Continue to assume that a year has passed. How low can Intel’s price fall before you get a margin call?
Why are corporations more apt to hold preferred stock than are other potential investors?
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the following forms of managerial compensation in terms of mitigating agency problems, that is, potential conflicts of interest between managers and shareholders.
a. A fixed salary.
b. Stock in the firm that must be held for five years.
c. A salary linked to the firm’s profits.
Why are high-tax-bracket investors more inclined to invest in municipal bonds than are low-bracket investors?
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