20-14 International Capital Market (3IM) Lecture 9 Option versus Stock Investments • Could a call option strategy be preferable to a direct stock purchase? • Suppose you think a stock‚ currently selling for $100‚ will appreciate. • A 6-month call costs $10 (contract size is 100 shares). • You have $10‚000 to invest. • Strategy A: Invest entirely in stock. Buy 100 shares‚ each selling for $100. • Strategy B: Invest entirely in at-the-money call options. Buy 1‚000 calls‚ each selling for $10
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Recently Radio Shack has undergone a makeover during the last year and the result has been a noticeable improvement in their prospects. Radio Shack has always been steady through the years. There seems to be franchises in every mall or around the corner. As of recent‚ Radio Shack has transformed their approach on the market place and is seeking new challenges. Upon reshaping their image‚ Radio Shack has seen their total net sales and operating revenue for 2009 increased to $4.28 billion compared
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A STUDY ON FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BANKING STOCKS INTRODUCTION The stock market is the most volatile market and is similar to the weather. Though this does not mean that the markets cannot be predicted but it only means that trends may change without warning‚ as with weather. The stockmarkets are characterized by almost all factors‚ again starting right from weather and ending at the political environment. Effects of one market also causes as pillover into the other and an external cause in one
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“Study of Fluctuations of Indian Stock Market” Acknowledgement The completion of any project depends upon the co-operation‚ coordination and combined efforts of several resources of knowledge‚ inspiration & energy. Words fall short acknowledging immense support lent to me yet I will try to give full credit to the deserver’s. My sincere thanks go Burdwan University for giving me an opportunity to discover more knowledge. I am also thankful to my Project
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STOCK VALUATION at RAGAN‚ Inc Regan Thermal System Inc was founded 9 years ago by brother and sister Carrington and Genevieve Regan. The company manufactures and installs commercial heating‚ ventilation‚ and cooling (HVAC) units. Ragan has experienced rapid growth because of a propriety technology that increases the energy efficiency of its system. The company is equally owned by Carrington and Genevieve. The original agreement between the siblings gave each 50‚000 shares of stock. In the event
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In order to analyze and apply the C.A.P.M. on the stock of Toyota‚ one must know what the C.A.P.M. is. This is a formula which is actually an abbreviation of Capital Asset Pricing Model and is used in order to find the appropriate price of an asset. If we analyze the C.A.P.M.‚ we can find the expected return of a stock‚ such as is demanded in this case. The C.A.P.M. consists of the risk-free rate‚ the beta of the stock (the risk factor of the stock) and the expected return of the market. The model
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the Indian capital market up to a certain international standard. Due to such reforming process‚ one of the significant step taken in the secondary market is the introduction of derivative products in two major Indian stock exchanges viz. National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) ‚ with a view to provide tools for risk management to investors and to improve the informational efficiency of the cash market. A derivative is financial instrument whose value is ‘derived’ from another
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Stock Investment and Financial Review Collapse I have never done well investing in stocks‚ so I have always left this up to the experts. However‚ if I were to make the decision based on only one financial statement‚ I would first need to know what my goals are. If I am investing for long-term capital gain‚ then I may want to evaluate if the company is reinvesting and growing. In contrast‚ if I am looking for a steady income from dividends then I may want to know what the dividend yields are
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statements above. 1. Describe‚ in general terms‚ Sally’s Executive Stock Option decision. You should recognize this as an NPV problem that compares alternative future cash flows. What is the NPV of the cash alternative? The cash alternative being referred to here is the Telstar Communications option tranche on offer‚ the present value of which needs to be compared with that of the cash option. • • PV [Cash Option]: $5‚000.000 PV [Stock Options]: $11‚724.000 • Calculated using Black Scholes Option Valuation
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best performances for a bank stock across the industry and outperforming the S&P500 TR last quarter. For this reason‚ SBNY’s P/E and P/B ratio are massive and unappealing. This is signifying that the stock is over-valued and expected to grow. SBNY has the second largest market capitalization in its industry of $4.3 billion. ‚Yes that is right‚ there is only one large cap firm in commercial banking; MTB. So‚ if SBNY evolves into a large cap‚ purchasing the stocks right now would be a very profitable
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