EXC3613 Risk Management with derivatives Geir Høidal Bjønnes geir.bjonnes@bi.no 1 Introduction • Learning objectives: 1. 2. 3. 4. What is a derivative? What is the role of Derivatives and Derivatives Markets Firms’ risk exposures Hedging price risk with derivatives • McDonald: Chapter 1 2 Example • Consider a farmer that grows wheat and is expecting to yield 10‚000 bushels of crop in 3 months. He is afraid that the price of wheat might drop at the period
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communications corporation. The company makes a range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people to experience music‚ navigation‚ video‚ television‚ imaging‚ games‚ business‚ mobility and more. It is headquartered in Kielaniemi in Finland. Nokia is focused on wireless and wired telecommunications with 128‚445 employees in 120 countries and it sells in more than 150 countries. It is the world largest manufacture of mobile telephones and a leading supplier and fixed network” www
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Chapter 2. Question 4. How would you measure risk of being a victim? I would measure the risk of being a victim by incorporating the NCVS summary findings for 2009. This survey gives me a broad range of information to use to minimize the risk of being a victim of a crime. It gives us great information such as the following: 1. Gender: men are a little more being victimized then women. 2. Reporting: almost half of the crimes were only reported to police. 3. Race: the highest with 27% for 1000 persons
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The popularity of the mobile phones is constantly on the rise like a snow ball. There are numerous reasons for that and they are well beyond mere communicating with each other. The development of the cell phones and technology in the past decade along with social and cultural processes as well as sharp decrease in prices contributed to their phenomenon success. Cell phones have long become a symbol of status as well as a fashion statement. Some manufacturers have started to produce special
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Country/Sovereign and Risk Assessments have evolved to become an integral part of international lending. Explain the factors to consider in determining the overall Sovereign/Country risk and why these factors are critical. What is the Bahamas’ experience in its Risk Assessments? Financial institutions increasingly conduct business abroad in order to diversify and expand their sources of revenue and profitability. This strategy of international lending exposes the bank to country risk and raises the potential
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sk assessment Assessing Risks in football Assignment Contents Task 1- Page 3-9 Task 2- Page 10-16 Task 3- Page 17-20 Task 4- Page 21-26 Task 5- Page 27-29 Introduction I am here to tell you about my log book that I will describe four legislative factors that influence the health and safety in football. This will include * Health and safety at work act(1974) * Work act(Reporting of injuries ‚diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations(RIDDOR) * Health and safety(First aid)
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M1- Explain possible consequences of maltreatment for children and young people I am going to be identifying possible consequences or the outcomes of children and young people if they are abused or maltreated at a young age. The first consequence I am going to identify is mental health issues. If a child is abused of any sort at a young age they will develop and grow up thinking this is normal‚ for example physical abuse they may not know any better or they may know better but not know what to do
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6: MEASUREMENT & EVALUATION OF RISK How does we Measure Risk? Understanding the nature of the risk is not adequate unless the investor or analyst is capable of expressing it in some quantitative terms. Expressing the risk of a stock in quantitative terms makes it comparable with other stocks. Measurement cannot be assures of percent accuracy because risk is caused by numerous factors as discussed above. Measurement provides an approximate quantification of risk. The statistical tool often used
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like the "ozone layer"‚ the world has spread the idea of the Green Movement and people started to question organisations ’ practices and their environmental‚ social and economic impacts. With this in mind‚ companies started to pay more attention to business sustainability in order to improve the company ’s reputation. The Triple Bottom Line (TBL) concept is a methodology that focuses on the 3 P ’s: People‚ Planet and Profit. It was first introduced by John Elkington in 1994 and has increasingly become
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of communication to the line management and colleagues are by talking to one another‚ team meetings‚ by telephone and even letters. In busy circumstances its best to use the telephone as its time efficient instead of wondering around searching for people. • 1.3 The different methods of communication to my and colleagues are by talking to one another‚ team meetings‚ by telephone‚ letters and even hand signals. These are all helpful in different circumstances such as when its extremely noisy in
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