The price of a stock is $50. The stock pays a dividend of $5 in 3 months. A 6-month European put option on the stock has a strike price of $48 and a premium of $4.38. The continuously compounded interest rate is 8%. Calculate the premium for a 6-month European call option on the stock with a strike price of $48. * A 1.02 * B 3.36 * C 3.46 * D 4.38 * E 5.40 2 1. An "exchange call option" gives the owner of the option the right to give up one share of Stock A in exchange
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___________________________________________________________ Stocks have historically had much higher returns than bonds. Can these excess returns be justified by the higher risk attached to stocks‚ or are there alternative explanations? The following is an abbreviated history of studies and models that articulate the logic of stock returns; included are both support for and alternatives to the equity risk premium. Edgar Lawrence Smith’s 1924 book Common Stocks as Long Term Investments […] was immediately
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the these three stocks: Answer: B‚ B;A 2. Your friend is considering adding one additional stock to a 3-stock portfolio‚ to form a 4-stock portfolio. She is highly risk averse and has asked for your advice. The three stocks currently held all have b = 1.0‚ and they are perfectly positively correlated with the market. Potential new Stocks A and B both have expected returns of 15%‚ are in equilibrium‚ and are equally correlated with the market‚ with r = 0.75. However‚ Stock A’s standard deviation
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[pic] ASSIGNMENT #1 DUE ON SUNDAY‚ JUNE 24 NAME: SEC: ID: ______________ 1. Intraco Co. has the following account balances for the end of the year Dec 31‚ 2010 |Selling and administrative salaries |$120‚000 | |Purchase of raw materials |280‚000
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The average stock prices for each of the four years shown in Exhibit 1 were as follows: 1998 111/4 = 27.75 1999 163/4 = 40.75 2000 281/2 = 140.5 2001 91/2 = 45.5 a. compute the price/earnings ratio for each year. That is‚ take the stock price shown above and divide by net income per common stock-dilution from exhibit 1. 2001 (3‚417)/$ 0.27 = 12‚655.5 2000 (3‚379)/$0 .55 = 6‚143.63 1999 (3‚282)/$ 0.31 = 10‚587.09 1998 (3‚180)/$ 0.24 = 13‚250.00 b. Why do you think P/E has changed
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savings into investment. However‚ it is generally acknowledged that excessive reliance on the banking system is fraught with serious risks for the financial sector. Such reliance over an extended period inevitably creates a mismatch between assets and liabilities as the banking system typically mobilizes short term deposits to finance long term projects. The risks faced by the financial sector can easily contaminate the real sector with deleterious consequences for economic development. It is‚ therefore
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VOLATILITY AND RISK RETURN IMPLICATION OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL MELTDOWN FOR THE NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE. By Ifeanyi O. Nwanna Reg. No:2006417001P Being a Seminar Paper Presented to the Department of Banking And Finance‚ Faculty Of Management Sciences‚ Nnamdi Azikiwe University‚ Awka in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy(Ph.D) in Banking and Finance Course Code: Fin 703- Theory and Practice of Money
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Risk assessment and risk management Introduction There are many hazards associated in an industrial workplace. With new technologies‚ new machinery and constant updates with regulations it is more important now than ever before to produce efficient risk assessments. Good risk assessments reduce hazards and fatalities in dangerous areas in the workplace. A good risk assessment will make workers feel safer and therefore happier and promotes a good business structure within the company. A good risk
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Constantine Brocoum Courtney Delia Stephanie Doherty David Dubois Radu Oprea November 19th‚ 2009 Contents Objectives 1 Management Summary 2 Active Investor Strategy 2 Effects of $3 Billion in New Debt for Dividend or Stock Repurchase 2 a. Outstanding Shares 2 b. Book Value of Equity 2 c. Price per Share 2 d. Earnings per Share 3 e. Debt Interest Coverage Rations and Financial Flexibility 3 f. Outstanding Shares 3 Wrigley’s Current Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
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invested in stock A with a beta of 1.4 and $300 in stock B with a beta of .6. You have another $400 to invest and want to divide it between an asset with a beta of 1.6 and a risk-free asset. How much should you invest in the risk-free asset? a. $0 b. $140 c. $200 d. $320 e. $400 ANALYZING A PORTFOLIO d 59. You have a $1‚000 portfolio which is invested in stocks A and B plus a risk-free asset. $400 is invested in stock A. Stock A has a beta of 1.3 and stock B has a beta of
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