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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1 Bonds (3 points) A company aims to takeover one of its suppliers valued at 2 million Euros and is planning to fund the takeover by issuing three-year zero coupon bonds‚ each with face value C1000. After having their credit rating checked‚ executives have decided that they need to issue 2400 of these bonds to raise the 2 million needed to fund this takeover. What is the YTM of the bonds issued by the company? (a) 5.79% (b) 7.13% (c) 6.27% (d) 5.34% If the company’s credit rating changes due to
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the amount of debt it has. Option Pricing Theory Can find the value of an option. Shares are a call option on the firm’s assets. 3 Two concepts Equilibrium Equilibrium prices: those at which‚ on average‚ the number of buyers at that price equals the number of sellers. Arbitrage Two portfolios having identical cashflows (with identical risk) must have identical value. Otherwise one may arbitrage between them. CAPM is an equilibrium theory. Option valuation relies on arbitrage
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exotic derivatives is presented‚ followed by the pricing alternatives of these securities. Hedging methods using static replication for some classes of exotic options are afterward discussed. Finally‚ risk management control of an active FX portfolio is studied. keywords: FX market‚ Exotic options‚ Option pricing‚ Barrier Options‚ Digital Options‚ Static Hedging‚ Dynamic Hedging. 1 Email: delia pirnog@yahoo.com Acknowledgment This paper was sponsored by UBS as part of an internship at Market
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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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Derivative investment course work Topic: Discuss and investigate VaR and its characteristics when applied to options. You must produce example calculations on: European and American style options Long and short positions in these Portfolio of at least three different options (more is better) Introduction All financial institutions bear some sort of risk while dealing with different financial instruments‚ whether it be corporate treasurers‚ fund managers or financial institutions‚ they are
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Contents Chapt~ 1 ExJ>ected Utilicy and Risk Aversion ..............................................................................• ! Chapt€11" 2 Mean-Varian.ce Analysis ................................................................................................ 6 Chapter 3 CAPM‚ Atbitmge‚ and Linear Factor Models .............................................................. 12 Chapter 4 Consumption-Savings Decisions and State Pricing............................................
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Problem 1.8. Suppose you own 5‚000 shares that are worth $25 each. How can put options be used to provide you with insurance against a decline in the value of your holding over the next four months? You should buy 50 put option contracts (each on 100 shares) with a strike price of $25 and an expiration date in four months. If at the end of four months the stock price proves to be less than $25‚ you can exercise the options and sell the shares for $25 each. Problem 1.9. A stock when it is first
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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 determine the maturity payoffs of the options. And this type of options can have benefits
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Project Report on Derivatives | Introduction to Futures & Options | Faculty: Dr. Sharif N. Ahkam 1.0INTRODUCTION In recent times the Derivative markets have gained importance in terms of their vital role in the economy. The purpose of this report to get an orientation to the derivatives and develop a basic understanding of what it is and how does it work. Derivatives are financial instruments‚ which derive their value from an underlying asset. The underlying
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