Suppose at the beginning of 2018, jamaal's basis in his s corporation stock was $27,000 and that jamaal has directly loaned the s corporation $10,000. during 2018, the s corporation reported an $80,000 ordinary business loss and no separately stated items. how much of the ordinary loss is deductible by jamaal if he owns 50% of the s corporation?

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.)