Intel shares. As indicated in the table below‚ the share price is $19.56 and January put option with a strike price of $17.50 costs $0.475. The investor is comparing two alternatives to limit downside risk. The first is to buy 1 January put option contract with a strike price of $17.50. The second involves instructing a broker to sell the 100 shares as soon as Intel’s price reaches $17.50. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the two strategies. Strike Price 15.00 17.50 20.00 22.50
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The psychological contract in a changing work environment Annette Sharpe The Work Institute Abstract This paper examines how organisation changes‚ driven by economic‚ social and technological changes at the macro level‚ have impacted on the psychological contract. Whilst criticised for being an ill-defined concept‚ it is usually taken to refer to ’the implicit relationship that exists between individuals and their employer concerning perceived mutual obligations and expectations ’. Although its
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Financial Risk Management‚ FIN3FRM Semester 2‚ 2012 Assignment 1 Q.1 An investor enters into a short forward contract to sell 100‚000 British pounds for U.S. dollars at an exchange rate of 1.9000 U.S. dollars per pound. How much does the investor gain or lose if the exchange rate at the end of the contract is (a) 1.8900 and (b) 1.9200? (2 points) Solutions: a) The investor as part of obligation for selling pounds‚ because of his obligation to sell
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An invitation to treat is a concept within contract law. The law of invitation to treat is distinguished from an offer. For example‚ auctions‚ advertisements of tenders‚ catalogues‚ price lists and good displayed in shop windows and shelves. According to Contracts Act 1950 and English Law‚ when something which is capable of being converted into an agreement by its acceptance will be considers as an offers. If a party intends their words or conduct to constitute and offer‚ the court will then construe
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Why do they call these contracts derivatives? Where is the optionality in these contracts? Weather derivatives structures commonly used are: i) cap - a call option; ii) Floor - a put option; iii) Collar - a put and a call option‚ usually with little or no premium; iv) Swap - a derivative with a profit and loss profile of a futures contract v) Digital option - an option that pays either a predetermined amount if acertain temperature or degree day level is reached‚ or nothing at all in other
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Fixed-Price Contract or Cost-Reimbursement Contract Willie Glover BUS 501 February 20‚ 2011 Dr. Nick Nayak Abstract Fixed-price contracts and cost-reimbursements are two different forms of contracts used by the federal government while determining contract pricing. Contracting officers may use either when contracting however there are several types of fixed-price contracts. Fixed-price type of contracts provide for a firm price or an adjustable price. Fixed-price contracts consist of firm-fixed-price
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forward and futures contracts are traded on exchanges. b) Forward contracts are traded on exchanges‚ but futures contracts are not. c) Futures contracts are traded on exchanges‚ but forward contracts are not. d) Neither futures contracts nor forward contracts are traded on exchanges. 2. Which of the following is not true (circle one) a) Futures contracts nearly always last longer than forward contracts b) Futures contracts are standardized; forward
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Business Scenarios and Case Problems 9-1. Contracts by Minors…Discuss Kalen’s liability in this situation. Kalen is a seventeen year old boy who rented an apartment for $500 a month‚ after consistently paying for rent for 4 months‚ he decides to return the key and not pay rent for the rest of the remaining months on the contract. I would think that this is classified as “disaffirmance”. Since he is seventeen‚ and a minor when he leaves the apartment‚ he is able to legally avoid his contractual obligation
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Contract Bundling 1. What is contract bundling? According to FAR 2.101 the definition of a bundled contract or bundling refers to the consolidation of two or more procurement requirements for goods or services previously provided or performed under separate smaller contracts into a solicitation of offers for a single contract that is likely to be unsuitable for award to a small business. What this really means is that contract bundling happens when two or more contracts intended for small businesses
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CONTRACTS OF INDEMNITY Definition Section 124 of the Contract Act defines a contract of indemnity as a contract by which one party promises to save the other party from loss caused to him by the conduct of the promisor himself‚ or by the conduct of any other person. P. contracts to indemnify Q against the consequences of any proceeding which R may. take against Q in respect of a certain sum of Rs. 200. This is a Contract of Indemnity: P is called the indemnifier and Q the Indemnity-holder. Characteristics
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