Chapter 8. Mini-Case Assume that you have just been hired as a financial analyst by Triple Play Inc.‚ a mid-sized California company that specializes in creating high-fashion clothing. Because no one at Triple Play is familiar with the basics of financial options‚ you have been asked to prepare a brief report that firm’s executives can use to gain a cursory understanding of the topic. To begin‚ you gathered some outside materials on the subject and used these materials to draft a list of pertinent
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BE300 Quantitative Methods and Finance Class 3 Risk and Return 1. A share of stock of Beta Plc is selling for £50. A financial analyst summarises the uncertainty about the rate of return on the stock by specifying three possible scenarios: Business condition End-of-year price Annual dividend High growth £68 £2.5 Normal growth £54 £1.5 No growth £45 £0.5 Assuming all three scenarios are equally likely‚ calculate: a) the expected holding-period return; b) the variance and standard deviation of
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Biological Currency The objective of this lab is to figure out whether or not this money is counterfeit. We will attempt to find the information needed to prove that the money is counterfeit or not by looking at it under a microscope and by using iodine drops to compare the money’s result with the results of different items. Counterfeiting money is not a new to any country. It started when paper money was first made. Some countries attempt to counterfeit rivals money to drive their economy downward
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out of global markets [as in this example]‚ intermingled among numerous currencies‚ participating governments must have some way of protecting their investments and/or transactions. This paper seeks to discuss through examples‚ the impact of the use of hard and soft currencies in aiding in the protection of those investments and/or transactions. Hard Currency According to Investopedia‚ "hard currency" is defined as "a currency‚ usually from a highly industrialized country‚ that is widely accepted
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Chapter 5 Currency Derivatives Lecture Outline Forward Market How MNCs Can Use Forward Contracts Non-Deliverable Forward Contracts Currency Futures Market Contract Specifications Comparison of Currency Futures and Forward Contracts Pricing Currency Futures Closing Out a Futures Position Credit Risk of Currency Futures Contracts Speculation with Currency Futures How Firms Use Currency Futures Closing Out a Futures Position Transaction Costs of Currency Futures Currency Call Options
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Since the issue of Chinese currency exchange rate against U.S dollar has been capturing widespread attention‚ the purpose of the study proposed herein is to profit from empirically analyzing the income elasticity and elasticity of exchange rate of gross Sino-US trade and commodities from ten main categories1 by employing quarterly data from 1996 to 2009‚ aiming to judge whether Chinese currency needs an appreciation or not. Ever since the 1980s‚ due to its upgrade in industrial structure‚ the United
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In recent years‚ the level of distrust has skyrocketed due to currency manipulation‚ or the tool used by the P.R.C. to keep its currency value low in order to keep exports cheap. While most all trading nations participate in currency manipulation‚ China is one of the largest culprits. In order to have an undervalued currency‚ a nation must be buying more than they are selling. The Chinese‚ with their cheaply made products and underpaid workers
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Definition of ’Eurocurrency Market ’ The money market in which Eurocurrency‚ currency held in banks outside of the country where it is legal tender‚ is borrowed and lent by banks in Europe. The Eurocurrency market is utilized by large firms and extremely wealthy individuals who wish to circumvent regulatory requirements‚ tax laws and interest rate caps that are often present in domestic banking‚ particularly in the United States. Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/eurocurrencymarket
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Risk Arbitrage: Abbott Labs and Alza Harvard Business Review Case Study 1. BACKGROUND Risk Arbitrage is essentially just arbitrage with some element of risk. Three main types of risk arbitrage are merger and acquisition arbitrage (also known as just merger arbitrage)‚ liquidation arbitrage‚ and pairs trading. We will focus on merger arbitrage‚ as it pertains to this case study. Merger arbitrage is an investment strategy that chooses to capitalize upon arbitrage that presents when a merger
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International Finance SMM475 Maik Schmeling 2014 Maik Schmeling International Finance (MSc) 1 / 268 How to reach me Contact details: e-Mail: Office: Office hours: Maik.Schmeling.1@city.ac.uk 5055 Tuesday‚ 10.00 – 11.30 If you have questions regarding the content of the course you can always send me an e-mail (and expect a quick answer) or come to my office hours. Maik Schmeling International Finance (MSc) 2 / 268 Readings As a general rule‚ the slides contain
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