Acompany enters into a short futures contract to sell 5,000 bushels of wheat for 250 cents per bushel. the initial margin is $3,000 and the maintenance margin is $2,000. what price change would lead to a margin call? under what circumstances could $1,500 be withdrawn from the margin account?

Ursus, inc., is considering a project that would have a five-year life and would require a $1,650,000 investment in equipment. at the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would have no salvage value. the project would provide net operating income each year as follows (ignore income taxes.):