Contents: Introduction 4 Methodology 5 Uses of VIX 12 Investor Fear Gauge: 12 Hedging with VIX: 13 Hedging with VIX Options and Futures: 15 Risk management case study application: 16 Conclusion: 20 Bibliography: 21 Introduction The VIX is the ticker symbol for the volatility index that the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) created to measure the implied volatility of options on the S&P 500 index (SPX) over the next 30 calendar days. The formal name of the VIX is the CBOE Volatility Index
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(2-3) methods of using stocks and options to create a risk-free hedge portfolio I found the research of this question to be extremely interesting. The simplest form of purchasing securities in order to reduce portfolio risk is hedging. These securities are intended to have negative correlation to the remainder of our portfolio so that it can help offset any other potential losses in our portfolio. We can hedge by buying a put option. We can buy stock with one put option with a strike of $25 and pay
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Tiffany & Co. Transaction and Economic Exposure Tiffany & Co. Facing Exchange Rate Risks SI S Following Tiffany & Co. Japan’s new retailing agreement with Mitsukoshi Ltd. in July 1993‚ TiffanyJapan was now faced with both new opportunities and risks. With greater control over retail sales in its Japanese operations‚ Tiffany looked forward to long-run improvement in its performance in Japan despite continuing weak local economic conditions. However‚ Tiffany was now also faced with
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Question 5 - 10 marks (Equity Options) It is January 2nd‚ 2014 and Google Inc. (GOOG) stock is currently trading on the Nasdaq at a price of $1‚105.00 US dollars. Using the information provided below‚ please answer the following questions: (Note: ’Last’ means the last traded price of the put or call option. Use this number for your calculations). Call options: Put options: a) Based on the current stock price‚ which one of the two options is in the money? by how much? (1 marks) b)
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• What is credit default swap (CDS)? What is a credit derivative index? Credit Default Swap: It is an OTC Credit Derivative. (Provides protection against specific credit events) [pic] ▪ [pic] [pic] Total return swap: (provides protection against loss of value irrespective of cause). Two parties enter an agreement whereby they swap periodic payment over the specified life of the agreement. One party makes payments based upon the total return—coupons
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A and Series B preferred stock of TIp-Top that it will transfer to InsureAll. Series A stock is traded publically and has a call option written by InsureAll which allows the repurchase of the stock two years after the transfer date with a fixed exercise date. The Series B preferrd stock‚ which is not publically traded‚ will be transferred to InsureAll with a call option attached to the stock allowing DrugKing to repurchase the stock from whomever owns it as long as the purchase is completed within
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comprising the put‚ call and strike prices of a stock belonging to a company listed on a known index. 2. To use the BSM Model to which provides a mathematical science for the pricing and hedging of European Call and Put options as the American Options market 3. We wanted to analyze the data for Google option prices from the S&P index over the past and present time periods in order to be able to forecast the future. Literature Review 1. Put call parity In financial mathematics‚ put–call
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Case of Cephalon Based on the contract‚ the strike of the call options is $21.5‚ and capped at $39.5. Thus this is a combination of a call option at $21.5 and a put option at $39.5 two options‚ and the value is the difference between the two. Based on the Balck-scholes call formula‚ among which‚ ； 1）The price of call option with the strike price of $21.5: S=$20;K=$21.5;r=5.5%;T-t=0.5yrs;σ=75% 2）The price of put option with the strike price of $39.5: S=$20;K=$39.5;r=5.5%;T-t=0.5yrs;σ=75%
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Econ 252 Spring 2011 Final Exam Econ 252 - Financial Markets Professor Robert Shiller Spring 2011 Professor Robert Shiller Final Exam Instructions: • • • • • • • • The exam consists of a total of twelve pages including this coversheet. There are two parts to this exam. In Part I‚ answer any sixteen of the twenty questions‚ five minutes each. The total for Part I is 80 minutes. In Part II‚ answer all seven questions. The total for Part II is 70 minutes.
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CITIC TOWER II: THE REAL OPTION Suffolk University – FIN- 881 Fall 2014 Name: Abdelrhman El Refaiy Larry Young the Chairman of Citic Pacific Limited has to make a decision to develop a new project under the name Citic Tower II. The development project that will take place in Hong Kong is expected to leave the company with $60 MM in losses as per NPV analysis. Citic’s property development team has set rigid assumptions to build their NPV model that estimated net positive cash inflows at $1.54 billion
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