Suppose Josh gets a $7500 gift from his family on graduation & wants to buy securities with this. He talks to his broker who informs him that the initial (minimum) margin requirement to be 25%. He, however, decides to use his entire gift to buy only 150 shares in HSBC at an initial price of $100 each. (a) What is the initial percentage Margin on Josh's account? (b) If R is Josh's portfolio return, and R= A.RHSBC, where RHSBC is HSBC's return, what is A? (c) If HSBC's beta is 0.975, what is the beta of Josh's portfolio?

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Suppose Josh gets a $7500 gift from his family on graduation & wants to
buy securities with this. He talks to his broker who informs him that the initial
(minimum) margin requirement to be 25%. He, however, decides to use his entire
gift to buy only 150 shares in HSBC at an initial price of $100 each.
(a) What is the initial percentage Margin on Josh's account?
(b) If R is Josh's portfolio return, and R= A.RHSBC, where RHSBC is HSBC's return,
what is A?
(c) If HSBC's beta is 0.975, what is the beta of Josh's portfolio?
Transcribed Image Text:1. Suppose Josh gets a $7500 gift from his family on graduation & wants to buy securities with this. He talks to his broker who informs him that the initial (minimum) margin requirement to be 25%. He, however, decides to use his entire gift to buy only 150 shares in HSBC at an initial price of $100 each. (a) What is the initial percentage Margin on Josh's account? (b) If R is Josh's portfolio return, and R= A.RHSBC, where RHSBC is HSBC's return, what is A? (c) If HSBC's beta is 0.975, what is the beta of Josh's portfolio?
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