Special Security Purchases - Business Finance - ثاني ثانوي

4.3 Special Security Purchases

Key Terms Margin

4.3a Margin Purchases

Margin

4.3 Special Security Purchases

The margin requirement

Margin requirement

Financial leverage

Nora wants to purchase a stock on margin. Her broker will allow a 70% margin requirement. Nora wants to invest SAR 15,000 in the stock.

How much will the broker loan for the purchase?

4.3 Special Security Purchases

4.3b The Short Sale

Long position

Short position

Nora believes a stock will decline in value, she borrows and sells a share for SAR 200.

4.3 Special Security Purchases

4.3c Other Securities

Exchange-traded funds and mutual funds

Derivatives

Futures contract

Mutual funds

Exchange-traded funds

4.3 Special Security Purchases

Ali wants to make two stock investments, one is a long position in stock A and one is a short position in stock B.

What is Ali’s total gain/loss from the short position?

A futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell a commodity or