Workbook 2 (Valuation of Bonds and Shares) 1. Verbrugge Company has a level-coupon bond outstanding that pays coupon interest of $120 per year and has 10 years to maturity. The face value of the bond is $1‚000. If the yield for similar bonds is currently 14%‚ what is the bond ’s current market value? [Ans: $ 895.68] 2. For the Verbrugge Company bond described in Problem 1‚ find the bond ’s value if the yield for similar bonds decreases to 12%. [Ans: $ 1‚000] 3. For the Verbrugge Company
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Chapter 1 to 3 Chapter 9 Revision on Financial Derivatives & Properties of Options Prices • What are financial derivatives? What are their roles in finance? • Give examples of derivatives and draw their profit diagrams. • Name some financial derivatives that are traded in Bursa Malaysia. 2 • Definition A financial instrument that has a value determined by the price of something else Risk management. Derivatives are tools for companies and other users to reduce risks Speculation
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A put on Sanders stock with a strike price of $35 is priced at $2 per share‚ while a call with a strike price of $35 is priced at $3.50. The maximum per-share loss to the writer of an uncovered put is __________‚ and the maximum per-share gain to the writer of an uncovered call is _________. A. $33; $3.50 B. $33; $31.50 C. $35; $3.50 D. $35; $35 You are cautiously bullish on the common stock of the Wildwood Corporation over the next several months. The current price of the stock is $50 per share
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K)‚ where S is the price of a stock and K is a fixed strike price. You always get something with a happy call. Let P be the price of the stock at time t 0 and let C‚ and C2 be the prices of ordinary calIs with strike prices K and 2K‚ respectively. The fair price of the happy call is of the fonn = CH Find the constants ex‚ fJ‚ and y. y ~~: = exP + fJC. + yC2. C ’..L. iLv"‚( ••• IL •.... .... (fIJ ‚..~’c..•• You are interested in stock that will either gain 30% this
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Active &Passive Portfolio – Call/Put Options and Futures This report will document the active traded portfolio held from Friday (July 18th‚ 2014) until Monday (August 11th‚ 2014). In this portfolio‚ the two portfolio managers traded call options and put option for the stocks on the S&P 500‚ as well as futures contracts in many different asset classes (commodities‚ currencies‚ indexes and so on). Trades were made at the end of each week and Monday (August 11‚ 2014)‚ resulting in four trading days
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at 800. Explain how a put option on the S&P 100 with a strike price of 700 can be used to provide portfolio insurance. 2. “Once we know how to value options on a stock paying a dividend yield‚ we know how to value options on stock indices and currencies.” Explain this statement. 3. Explain how corporations can use range-forward contracts to hedge their foreign exchange risk. 4. Calculate the value of a three-month at-the-money European call option on a stock index when the index is at
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Introduction: Real option analysis (ROA) is a decision-making structure that basically calculates the value of a future business decision. ROA borrows from financial options theory. A financial option gives the buyer of a financial asset the right‚ but not the obligation‚ to buy a stock or bond‚ for example‚ at a predetermined price at a future date. By analogy‚ a real option is a managerial decision-making tool that calculates the value of a business decision that a manager has an option‚ or right‚ but
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1. As an option writer‚ what is the best option to take when you forecast the market to be bullish? Sketch the profit/loss diagram and determine the in the money‚ out of the money and at the money. 2. The call option of Diamond Bhd stock has a striking price of RM30 and a cost of option RM2 per share with one month expiration date. The current market price of share is RM26. If you buy 3 lots (1 lots = 100 shares) of shares‚ calculate the profits or losses at the expiration date for each of the
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for the next six months. He plans to do this through investing in options and is considering several different strategies. 1. Assessment of the Six-Month Outlook for the Market Only four years prior to Michael’s considerations‚ there was a significant market crash lowering the average value of the Toronto Stock Exchange by 20%. A steep rise in interest rates prior to 1991 and the Persian Gulf crisis lowered the value of stocks as well. There were conflicting signs between markets rallying and
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A PROJECT REPORT ON “Comparison of Stock Market with other Investment Options” SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (2011-2013) Submitted By: [pic] Faculty of Management & Research INTEGRAL UNIVERSITY KURSI ROAD (LUCKNOW) [pic] Certificate TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN This is to certify that Miss
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