time of Ancient Greece until the Modern Age‚ the notions of function and derivative constitute the foundation of mathematical analysis‚ the theory that become central in the development of mathematics since then. Several fields of business mathematics deal directly or indirectly with functions: mathematical analysis considers functions of one‚ two‚ or n variables‚ studying their properties as well as those of their derivatives; the theories of differential and integral equations aim at solving equations
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Problem: Hedging using Foreign Currency Derivatives problem: Scout Finch is the Chief Financial Officer [CFO] of Dayton Manufacturing‚ a U.S. based manufacturer of gas turbine equipment. She has just concluded negotiations for the sale of a turbine generator to Crown‚ a British firm for One million pounds. This single sale is quite large in relation to Dayton’s present business. Dayton has no other current foreign customers‚ so the currency risk of this sale is of particular concern. The sale is
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is baWhy Options Are Better Than Futures For Hedging Futures trading can be used for two main purposes; Speculation and Hedging. While most retail futures traders get involved in futures trading for the purpose of leveraged speculation‚ it cannot be forgotten that the true purpose of futures contracts is for the purpose of hedging. Hedging using futures is technique most professional money managers use for decades. However‚ there is one main problem with hedging using futures and that is the
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Case 2: Analysis of Alternatives Student Educational Loan Fund‚ Inc. Institution: University Gadjah Mada Program: Master of Management Course: Risk Management Tutor: Mrs. Erni Ekawati‚ PhD. Title: Case 2: Analysis of Options Subtitle: Student Educational Loan Fund‚ Inc. Date: November 17‚ 2008 Place: Yogyakarta Authors: Martin Koopman Doddy Handaryadi Anindito Prabowo Gumirlang Wicaksono Introduction This report describes the situation which
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------------------------------------------------- CASE: ENRON CORPORATION’S WEATHER DERIVATIVES WEATHER RISK: Seasonal temperature levels and its fluctuations are the most important independent variable in the power business because they determine to a very large extent customer demand. The utility industry measures weather conditions in terms of heating or cooling degree-days (HDD and CDD‚ respectively). Degree-days are determined by the deviation of the average daily temperature from an established
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WELLS FARGO & COMPANY RISK MANAGEMENT APPROACH According to the Risk Management section of Wells Fargo’s 2011 Annual Report‚ to be successful they manage and control three major business risks: credit‚ asset/liability‚ and market risk. As for this paper‚ I’m only going to discuss about their credit and interest rate risk‚ which is managed under their asset/liability section. Wells Fargo has continued to invest in its risk infrastructure especially since it is a larger and more complex company
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other. When Barings Bank‚ the oldest merchant bank in London‚ collapsed in 1995 after one of the bank’s employees lost £827 million due to speculative investing‚ primarily in futures contracts‚ it illustrated the extreme danger and volatility of derivatives. Options and futures can be used to eliminate‚ reduce‚ hedge and manage risk‚ but can also be highly speculative. Foreign currency futures are standardized contracts to buy or sell a specified commodity of standardized quantity at a certain date
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Events leading to Barings Bank’s collapse Barings Bank’s activities in Singapore between 1992 and 1995 enabled Nick Leeson to operate effectively without supervision from Barings Bank in London. Leeson acted both as head of settlement operations (charged with ensuring accurate accounting) and as floor manager for Barings’ trading onSingapore International Monetary Exchange‚ or SIMEX. This placed Leeson in the position of reporting to an office inside Barings Bank which he himself held. Because
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1. As an option writer‚ what is the best option to take when you forecast the market to be bullish? Sketch the profit/loss diagram and determine the in the money‚ out of the money and at the money. 2. The call option of Diamond Bhd stock has a striking price of RM30 and a cost of option RM2 per share with one month expiration date. The current market price of share is RM26. If you buy 3 lots (1 lots = 100 shares) of shares‚ calculate the profits or losses at the expiration date for each of the
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Lab II‚ Problem 3: Projectile Motion and Velocity Oct. 06‚ 2013 Physics 1301W‚ Professor: Hanany‚ TA: Vladimir Abstract A ball is tossed obliquely. The vectors of position and velocity are measured. The acceleration is calculated. Introduction A toy company is now making an instructional videotape on how to predict the position. Therefore‚ in order to make the prediction accurate‚ how the horizontal and vertical components of a ball’s position as it flies through the air should
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