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Assignment
1. The margin call restores the margin account to its maintenance proportion
2. Instead that the investor is obliged to restore the account to its initial proportion.
You went for a short sale of 2,000 shares. The price was $50 per share when you
initiate the contract. This initial margin rate is 50% and the maintenance margin
requirement of 30%. Suppose that the stock price changes is as in table 1 (price
increase) and table 2 (price decrease) below.
a. What is the Initial Margin and the Price Margin call for both cases?