In you cash account, you buy 100 shares of XYZ Corporation at a price of $10 per share. Two months later, XYZ pays a dividend $0.21 per share. You sell all 100 shares of XYZ three months later at a price of $12 per share. If you wanted to lever up the returns of this trade, you could have executed it in your _____ account. A) cash B) margin C) brokerage D) bank If you borrowed 50% of the upfront investment amount, your return (in percent terms) would have been _____. A) 11.10 B) 22.10 C) 44.20

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In you cash account, you buy 100 shares of XYZ Corporation at a price of $10 per share. Two months later, XYZ pays a dividend $0.21 per share. You sell all 100 shares of XYZ three months later at a price of $12 per share.

If you wanted to lever up the returns of this trade, you could have executed it in your _____ account.

A) cash

B) margin

C) brokerage

D) bank

If you borrowed 50% of the upfront investment amount, your return (in percent terms) would have been _____.

A) 11.10

B) 22.10

C) 44.20

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