Expansion of the Panama Canal & Heartland Barge The Panama Canal enables the ships sailing from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean (and vice versa) to save time and fuel by avoiding the travel around the tip of South America. The savings in time equal half of the time previously taken by ships to do the same. The size of ships that are used in shipping containers has drastically increased due to the container revolution. To enable the new and bigger ships such as Maersk Triple E Class to
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Funding NASA Imagine this for a second. A young teary-eyed boy sits in the waiting room of the hospital as the doctor informs him about his father’s failing heart. As awful and heartbreaking as this situation sounds‚ that boy’s father is able to stay alive via a ventricular assist device that will continue to pump blood through his veins until he can receive a necessary heart transplant. This device is ever-present in the field of medicine and is responsible for saving countless lives. Well
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$50. The stock pays a dividend of $5 in 3 months. A 6-month European put option on the stock has a strike price of $48 and a premium of $4.38. The continuously compounded interest rate is 8%. Calculate the premium for a 6-month European call option on the stock with a strike price of $48. * A 1.02 * B 3.36 * C 3.46 * D 4.38 * E 5.40 2 1. An "exchange call option" gives the owner of the option the right to give up one share of Stock A in exchange for receiving one share
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Chapter 15 Quiz 15.1) A portfolio is currently worth $10 million and has a beta of 1.0. An index is currently standing at 800. Explain how a put option with a strike price of 700 can be used to provide portfolio insurance. Index goes down to 700 10*(800/700)= 8.75 million Buying put options= 10‚000‚000/800= 12‚500 If you buy the options at 800‚ the value will be 12‚500 times the index with a strike price of 700 therefore providing protection against a drop in the value of the portfolio below
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Question 1: Consider an option on dividend-paying stock when stock price $30‚ the exercise price is $29‚ the risk-free interest rate is 5% p.a.‚ the volatility is 25%p.a. and time to maturity is 4 months. Assume that the stock is due to go ex-dividend in 1.5 months. The expected dividend is 50cents. a. b. c. what is the price of the option if it is a European call? What is the price of the option if it is a European put? Use the results in the Appendix to this chapter to determine whether there
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The purpose of this case study is to discuss the issues related to stock options and how they should be accounted for. Introduction In the early 1990s‚ FASB proposed an accounting rule calling for corporations to recognize compensation expense for certain stock options when they were granted to executives and employees. This proposal was met with strong opposition from many different sources including: Congress who passed a resolution by vote urging FASB to drop the proposed standard‚ business
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Chapter 1 to 3 Chapter 9 Revision on Financial Derivatives & Properties of Options Prices • What are financial derivatives? What are their roles in finance? • Give examples of derivatives and draw their profit diagrams. • Name some financial derivatives that are traded in Bursa Malaysia. 2 • Definition A financial instrument that has a value determined by the price of something else Risk management. Derivatives are tools for companies and other users to reduce risks Speculation
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MKT 498 November 5‚ 2012 Delynn Byars Alternative Marketing Options In the following paper will learn about five alternative marketing options that Apple Inc. may use to promote their iPhone 4. One will see a ranking of a minimum of five marketing options‚ which may be known as categories of advertising‚ personal selling‚ public relations‚ and promotions. These marketing options will target individuals who are between the ages of 18-35‚ that mainly includes the youth population covering
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ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE DESPERATELY NEEDS MORE 1 Alzheimer’s Disease Desperately Needs More Research Funding Kirti Bhagat Grand Canyon University ALZHEIMER’S RESEARCH DESPERATELY NEEDS MORE 2 Alzheimer’s Research Desperately Needs More Research Funding Alzheimer’s disease is fast-becoming one of the most common maladies suffered by Americans‚ yet promising research on this illness that
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completing 1 year of service or 1000 hours of service within the year. When a participant in an ESOP plan has at least 10 years of service or reaches the age of 55‚ he/she must be given the option of diversifying his/her account up to 25% of the value. At the age of 60‚ the employee is given a one time option to diversify up to 50% of the account. This ruling of for ESOP shares allocated after December 31‚ 1986. Formation ESOPs are qualified employee benefit plans that exist in a highly regulated
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