Quasio foods inc. is a large food manufacturing corporation that earns more profits than its competitors. the company uses only organically grown grains and fruits. it also promotes organic farming and nonprofit agencies who focus on food and nutrition causes. the company has now decided to use a third-party recycling logo. in this scenario, quasio foods is most likely to have adopted the concept of

You are bearish on telecom and decide to sell short 100 shares at the current market price of $50 per share. a. how much in cash or securities must you put into your brokerage account if the broker’s initial margin requirement is 50% of the value of the short position? b. how high can the price of the stock go before you get a margin call if the maintenance margin is 30% of the value of the short position? (input the amount as a positive value. round your answer to 2 decimal places.)