Transaction Costs of Currency Futures Currency Call Options Factors Affecting Call Option Premiums How Firms Use Currency Call Options Speculating with Currency Call Options Currency Put Options Factors Affecting Currency Put Option Premiums Hedging with Currency Put Options Speculating with Currency Put Options Contingency Graphs for Currency Options Conditional Currency Options European Currency Options How the Use of Currency Futures and Options Contracts Affect an MNC’s Value Chapter Theme
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Germans decide to not buy the microchips. That is why we recommend Madesco to buy a put option of DMs. Madesco‚ in case the deal go through‚ will have the right (but not the obligation) to exercise its options and protect its cash flows in terms of Dollar in case DM appreciates. In case the deal never goes through‚ the company knows from the begging that it have sacrificed only the premium cost for buying the options. Also‚ that strategy fits better to Madesco because the time horizon of the hedge is
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Case Background In July 1993‚ Tiffany & Company reorganized its Japanese distribution channel by repurchasing its inventory from its Japanese distributor Mitsukoshi Limited. As a result of this action‚ Tiffany would assume the responsibility of establishing yen retail prices‚ holding inventory in Japan for sale‚ and controlling local Japanese management. Tiffany would be able to have control over retail price in Japan where historically had higher price. Under the previous arrangement‚ Tiffany contracted
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Merton Electronics Case Study 1) Merton Electronics is subject to transaction exposure. Transaction exposure is the gains or losses realized from the settlement of specific transactions that are denominated in a foreign currency. There are two main types of transaction exposure: 1) Purchasing or selling on credit goods denominated in a foreign currency 2) Borrowing or lending funds when repayments is going to be made in foreign currency. In respects to Merton’s Yen payments they are subject
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Global Trading FINC 6015 Arbitrage Source: Frino Segara (2008) Chapter 3 – Course Text Joakim Westerholm Hui Zheng MARKET COMMENTARY MACRO: Any economic indicators that show the US economy is improving are now perceived as negative news for stock markets as this means the FED can wind back on flooding the market with liquidity created by buying back government bonds. POLITICAL: Syria Australian Reserve bank appears at ease with the weaker dollar and will continue to ease rates:
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Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Appendix B Introduction to Derivatives .............................................................................................. An Introduction to Forwards and Options
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A MARKETPLACE BOOK McMillan on Options Second Edition Lawrence G. McMillan John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. McMillan on Options Founded in 1807‚ John Wiley & Sons is the oldest independent publishing company in the United States. With offices in North America‚ Europe‚ Australia‚ and Asia‚ Wiley is globally committed to developing and marketing print and electronic products and services for our customers’ professional and personal knowledge and understanding. The Wiley Trading series features
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case study is to apply the Black-Scholes model to calculate the strike price of the F.X. options and estimate the implied volatilities in practice‚ finally delta-hedged strategy will be described in detail in order to hedge F.X. option. The below formulas for Black-Scholes pricing are applied to the case study problems: Valuation of currency Europearn call option | Valuation of currency Europearn put option | C= S0*e^(-Rf*T)*N(d1) - Ke^(-R*T)*N(d2) | P=Ke^(-R*T)*N(-d2) - S0*e^(-Rf*T)*N(-d1)
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Practice Questions-“Real Options” Some questions may require you to use financial calculator or Excel. (In the final exam‚ for students without financial calculator‚ writing down the formula will be enough. However‚ those formulas must be correct to get full credit. Therefore‚ it is a good practice to check whether you are correct by using Excel for these practice questions) 1. How are real options different from financial options? 2. Consider the following project data: (1) A
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1 A call option price will increase‚ all else equal‚ when: a. the price of the underlying asset decreases b. the interest rates in the market decreases c. the time to maturity decreases d. the exercise price increases e. the volatility of the return of the underlying asset increases Answer E 2 The type(s) of risk that is (are) generally hedged with derivative contracts include all of the following except: a. commodity price risk b. foreign exchange risk c. interest rate risk d. property
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