margin call? Problem 5.2. What is the difference between the forward price and the value of a forward contract? Problem 5.3. Suppose that you enter into a six-month forward contract on a non-dividend-paying stock when the stock price is $30 and the risk-free interest rate (with continuous compounding) is 12% per annum. What is the forward price? Problem 5.4. A stock index currently stands at 350. The risk-free interest rate is 8% per annum (with continuous compounding) and the dividend
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To what extent does a currency forward contract need to play a formal role in multinational companies? A globalisation has risen over the last 20 years. Because of this factor‚ international markets have increased rapidly‚ therefore a large number of companies have been particularly interested in global operatings‚ such as‚ export trade‚ import trade‚ overseas sales (Moosa‚ 2003). A subsequent significant trouble looming large for
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Quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Analysis Of The USA Year: 2008 to 2010 Submitted To: Professor Chandrasekar Submitted By: Anuj Majmudar (0905860) Subject: Macro-Economics GDP of 2008 Quarter 1 Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 1.0 percent in the first quarter of 2008 (that is‚ from the fourth quarter to the first quarter)‚ according to final estimates
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GDP consists of Gross (before taking into consideration the depreciation in the value of the product)‚ Domestic (within the borders of a country) and Product which simply means a good or service. So what does it all mean when all these three factors are interlinked? GDP is simply the market value of all the final goods and services produced within a country in a given time period – usually a year (Parkin et al. 2005: 438). The definition of GDP is composed of four parts. Firstly‚ we have to take
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has spent 17.4 percent of GDP and expect to intensify over the years to come‚ according from the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Service. The reason for an increase‚ is due to increasing treatments‚ medications‚ medical research and more (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis‚ 2015). Moreover‚ Obama Care (Affordable Care Act) involves an increase in the economic activity in healthcare considering everyone has to partake in health insurance. However‚ the output of the GDP is the value of the goods
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A Case Study Growth of tourism rate in Hongkong made by Disneyland I. INTRODUCTION As one of the world’s leading international financial centres‚ Hong Kong’s service-oriented economy is characterised by low taxation‚ near-free port trade and well-established international financial market. The currency‚ the Hong Kong dollar‚ is legally issued by three major international commercial banks‚ and pegged to the US Dollar. Interest rates are determined by the individual banks in Hong Kong
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How is exchange rate determined. How important is the expected future exchange rate for exports and imports? 1. Introduction Exchange rate is the price of a currency expressed in another currency‚ it is one of the most important determinants of a country’s relative level of economic health. Exchange rate directly affects the prices of goods in foreign trade and foreign assets prices in the internal market‚ and indirectly the price of goods for the domestic market. A higher currency makes
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An Empirical Study on the impact of GDP‚Inflation‚BOP & Exports on the Exchange Rate ABSTRACT:- *Dr. Amitabh Joshi ** Rashmi Sharma *** Richa Tiwari The economy of India is the eleventh largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). In the 21st century‚ India is an emerging economic power with vast human and natural resources‚ and a huge knowledge base. Economists predict that by 2020.India will be among the leading economies
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(15905149) 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
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Introduction………………………………………..……………………….. 01 1.1 Objective of the report……………………………………………………… 01 1.2 scope of the study: 1.3 Methodology of the Report …………………………………………………01 1.4 Limitations of the study……………………………………….……………. 02 2.0 The concept of GDP and its elaboration…………………..……………….. 02 3.0 Some important concepts and their implication…………………………… 03 3.1 Consumption……………………………………………………………….. 03 3.2 Investment………………………………………………………………….. 04 3.3 Government…………………………………………………………..……. 04 3.4 Factors
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