PAU/LBS/2011/10/024 FINANCE - 2 EXAM ANALYSIS OF JET BLUE CASE: PREPARING FOR FINANCING SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE JetBlue Airways Corporation was formed in August 1998 as a low-fare‚ low-cost but high service passenger airline serving select United States market. JetBlue’s operations strategy was designed to achieve a low cost‚ whilst offering customers a pleasing and differentiated flying experience. JetBlue has had a successful business model and strong financial results during that period‚ and
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Question 1 A Credit Default Swap (CDS) is an instrument designed to transfer the credit exposure of fixed income products between parties. A CDS is also referred to as a credit derivative contract‚ where the purchaser of the swap makes payments up until the maturity date of a contract. Payments are made to the seller of the swap. In return‚ the seller agrees to pay off a third party debt if this party defaults on the loan. A CDS is considered insurance against non-payment. A buyer of a CDS might
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Solutions to Exam 1 1. (Chapter 1‚ slides‚ Q3) Suppose there are two investments.The expected returns from the investments are 10% and 15%‚ the standard deviation of the returns are 16% and 24%‚ and the correlation between returns is 0.2.Let w1 be the proportion of wealth put into the first investment. (a). Calculate the expected return and the standard deviation for portfolio w1=0‚0.2‚0.4‚0.6. (b). Draw a picture of these risk and returns for w1. (c). What is it called? (d). Draw the picture of
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Problem No. 1 on Options based on Chapter 8 A Call Option on the stock of XYZ Company has a market price of $9.00. The price of the underlying stock is $36.00‚ and the strike price of the option is $30.00 per share. What is the Exercise Value of this Call Option? What is the Time Value of the Option? EV = $36.00 - $30.00 = $6 EV = $6.00 TV = $9.00 - $6.00 = $3.00 TV = $3.00 Problem No. 2 on Options based on Chapter 8 The Exercise (Strike) Price on ABC Company’s Option is $21.00‚ its
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the zero coupon bond(face value : $10‚000‚ interest rate 6% per annum annually compounded)‚ bought call option of price AUD705.2 for the capital protection under S&P 200 index of 4‚637.893 and written call option of price AUD40.9 for the return cap level over S&P 200 index of 7‚884.418. The return is based on 7 months’ arithmetic average index. In order to create the similar option payoff‚ instead of using American or European Options‚ a similar form of Asian options could be used to
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FNCE90011 Derivative Securities Topic 1 Fundamentals Topic Outline Basic Concepts Option Payoff and Profit Diagrams Miscellaneous Complicated Payoffs Appendix: Market Structure References Hull (8th edition) Chapters 1‚ 4.2‚ 5.2‚ 9‚ 11 Hull (7th edition) Chapters 1‚ 4.2‚ 5.2‚ 9‚ 11 Hull (6th edition) Chapters 1‚ 4.2‚ 5.2‚ 8‚ 10 Copyright © John C. Handley 2012. 1. BASIC CONCEPTS What is a derivative ? A derivative is an asset/security whose value is completely determined by the
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changes in response to a change in the value of the underlying security. The option-pricing model developed by Black and Scholes (1973) indicates that a portfolio consisting of a risky asset and call options thereon can be balanced in such a way that the returns from the portfolio will approximate to a risk free rate of return. Ascertaining the right balancing mix between the units of the underlying security and the options thereon is the central theme of Delta hedging. This paper summarizes the
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forward 1.3 The one-step binary model 1.4 A ternary model 1.5 A characterisation of no arbitrage 1.6 The risk-neutral probability measure Exercises Binomial trees and discrete parameter martingales Summary 2.1 The multiperiod binary model 2.2 American options 2.3 Discrete parameter martingales and Markov processes 2.4 Some important martingale theorems 2.5 The Binomial Representation Theorem 2.6 Overture to continuous models Exercises Brownian motion Summary 3.1 Definition of the process 3.2 L´ vy’s construction
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PART I. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. When the value of the British pound changes from $1.50 to $1.25‚ then the pound has _________ and the dollar has _________. a. appreciated; appreciated b. depreciated; appreciated c. appreciated; depreciated d. depreciated; depreciated 2. When the exchange rate changes from 1.0 euros to the dollar to 0.8 euros to the dollar‚ then the euro has _________ and the dollar has _________. a. appreciated; appreciated
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Dividends paid = NI - (Equity ratio)(Capital budget) $225‚000 Dividend payout ratio = Dividends paid/NI 47.37% Points Received: 10 of 10 Comments: Question 2. Question : (TCO F) The following data applies to Saunders Corporation’s convertible bonds. Maturity: 10 Stock price: $30.00 Par value: $1‚000.00 Conversion price: $35.00 Annual coupon: 5.00% Straight-debt yield: 8.00% What is the bond’s straight-debt value? (a) $684.78 (b) $720.82 (c) $758.76 (d) $798.70 (e) $838.63 Student Answer:
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