SEAT NUMBER: ……….… ROOM: .………………. FAMILY NAME.………….....…………………………. This question paper must be returned. Candidates are not permitted to remove any part of it from the examination room. OTHER NAMES…………….…………………..…….. STUDENT NUMBER………….………..…………….. MID-YEAR EXAMINATIONS 2011 Unit: ACCG252: Applied Financial Analysis and Management Date: Tuesday 14th June 2011 at 8:50am Time Allowed: 3 hours plus 10 minutes reading time. Total Number of Questions: 30 Multiple Choice Questions plus
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FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES “Risk in Investing in Derivatives” Submitted By: Zeeshan Saeed (9961) Hashim Mamsa (10138) Fawaz Shaikh (11276) Ali Kazi (10537) Submitted To: Mrs. Shazia Farooq TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION_______________________________________________________________________ 3 Types of Risk:_________________________________________________________________________ 4 I. Market Risk:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 II. Default risk…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Project Report on Investment and Trading Opportunities in Equity and Commodity Products of Phillip Capital (Ind) Pvt. Ltd. Submitted By: Mr. Vineet Jain MMS – Finance Year: 2012-14 N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 3 INTRODUCTION ABOUT PHILLIP CAPITAL 4 COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS 5 COMPETITORS 7 PRODUCTS 10 IDENTIFICATION OF TRADING OPPORTUNITIES 19 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We take this opportunity to express our profound
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J & L Railroad 1. J & L can use heating oil futures to hedge its exposure to diesel fuel prices. Which futures position should J & L take? Explain. J&L Railroad should take a long position. They need to purchase diesel fuel in the future‚ they don’t produce diesel fuel‚ so they would want to take a future to be able to lock in the price of diesel fuel for future purchases. 2. What problems could the use of heating oil futures for hedging create for J&L? Note: I assume this question is asking
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Commodity Futures: More Bad than Good A CASE OF PAKISTAN By: Muhammad Sumair Jawed Abstract This article sheds light on the potential of commodity derivatives in Pakistan. It explores the critical success factors and it’s negative consequences given the overall Pakistani Environment. Today everyone is talking about derivative instruments as not only a source of hedging but also a profit making instrument and in derivatives the most frequently used instruments around the world are futures‚ may be
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“ASIA – The Emerging Benchmark in Commodities” By: Shiva Aithagoni‚ 09953701113 ABSTRACT The future could be the past. The Silk Route‚ an ancient trade route for goods of all kinds between merchants‚ nomads and urban dwellers from Ancient China‚ Ancient India‚ Ancient Tibet‚ Persian Empire and Mediterranean countries which continued for almost 3000 years is back in a rejuvenated form. Unlike the old times it is not about handful of commodities such as silk or spices but by wide variety of highly
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A Study on COMMODITIES MARKET in india in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of Master of Business Administration By Bethi Navatha Kumari in [pic] school of management studies Jawaharlal nehru Technological university Kukatpally‚ hyderabad June 2009 Acknowledgement Apart from the efforts of me‚ the success of this project depends largely on the encouragement and guidelines of many others. I take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the people who
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Fuel Hedging A Strategy for Air Carriers to Combat Fuel Hike Index Jet Fuel – The Nemesis of Airlines In the year 2008‚ the growth of global aviation industry received a major bolt from the fear of global economic slowdown and the rise in crude oil prices. Though the global economic uncertainties impacted the business of airlines‚ but the steep surge in crude prices has changed the financial equations of the airline across the world‚ with India being no exception. In fact over the previous
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FINAL EXAM 1. The accounting measure of a firm’s equity value generated by applying accounting principles to asset and liability acquisitions is called ________. A. book value 2. New-economy companies generally have higher _______ than old-economy companies. B. P/E multiples 3. Earnings yields tend to _______ when Treasury yields fall. A. fall 4. A firm that has an ROE of 12% is considering cutting its dividend payout. The stockholders of the firm desire a dividend yield of 4% and a capital
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expected to have held up to 100‚000 contracts in a single month maturity while NYMEX in total had an average open interest of 71‚869 for each year with total average open interest for a single month across different years were at the maximum 138‚859 . This implies that Hunter held positions as big as the market and could have possibly traded via ICE and or OTC markets in addition to NYMEX. As per scenario 1‚ March-April spread trade had a $0.9 loss for each contract and this is very small for the company
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