You sold short 100 shares of Kraft Heinz Co. common stock on margin at $83.55 per share.
Assume the initial margin is 50% and the maintenance margin is 30%.
One year later, the stock price closes at $59.61, and it has paid cash dividends of $2.50 per share.
What is your return on equity? Ignore margin interest.
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