summary – Enron Corporation’s Weather Derivatives Steve Haik‚ Dan Sleker and Bas van Bellegem – March 2003 Background In October Mary Watts‚ CFO of Pacific Northwest Electric (PNW) reviewed the forward plan for PNW’s 200-2001 season. PNW’s has been experiencing nearly no EPS growth since 1995 due to deregulation and warmer-than-average winter climate. The stock price had suffered accordingly‚ but there maybe a way to hedge the weather risk via a new “weather derivative” being proposed by Enron’s Mike
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What is the difference between Derivative action and Statutory derivative action? Top of Form Firstly‚ Derviative action is the exception of Foss v Harbottle. It is also called the Common Law dericvative action. To fulfill this action‚ there are 2 components. The first one is the "fraud of monority" which is the abuse of controlling power. It means that the directors or the majority secure a benefit at the expense of the company. The abuse of power results in the personal gain. The second component
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Accounting for Derivatives FAS 133 (Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133‚ Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary This Statement establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments‚ including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts‚ (collectively referred to as derivatives) and for hedging activities. It requires
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Section 1.2 (Page 87) (Calculus Book): 14‚ 23‚ 26‚ 29‚ 30‚ 31‚ and 32 14. limt→1t3+t2-5t+3t3-3t+2 =limt→1t3+t2-5t+3t3-t2+t2-t-2t+2 =limt→1t3-t2+2t2-2t-3t+3t2t-1+tt-1-2t-1 =limt→1t2t-1+2tt-1-3t-1t2+t-2t-1 =limt→1t2t-1+2tt-1-3t-1t-2t-1 =limt→1t-1t2+2t-3t-2t-1 =limt→1t2+3t-t-3t2+2t-t-2 =limt→1tt+3-1t+3tt+2-1t+2 =limt→1t+3t-1t+2t-1 =limt→1t+3t+2=1+31+2=43 23 limy→6y+6y2-36=limy→6y+6y+6y-6 ⟹limy→61y-6=16-6=10=undefined ∴limit doesn’t exist 26 limx→43-xx2-2x-8=limx→43-xx2-4x+2x-8=limx→4 3-xxx-4+2x-4
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~’c..•• You are interested in stock that will either gain 30% this year or lose 20% this year. The one-year annual effective rate of interest is 10%. The stock is currently selling for $10. (1) (4 points) Compute the price of a European call option on this stock with a strike price of $11.50
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EUROPEAN WEATHER DERIVATIVES This paper concentrates on where the future of the weather derivatives market may lie‚ where the new applications may be situated and what will be the main drivers of the market size. We realise that some of the applications are not currently available or commercially viable at present but take the view that‚ if demand is sufficient‚ they will become available given time. In fact‚ one of the likely drivers of demand is the rate of change in the European climate. To this
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benefits to having a business degree and then transitioning to teaching. The most significant benefit is the improved career growth and opportunities. One will have two arenas of expertise to choose from‚ if the job market seems bleak in one field‚ the other field is something to choose from. If one gets bored or exhausted with the current job responsibilities‚ needing variation and challenge‚ alternating careers is an opportunity to gain that passion and change needed to be happy. Among the business
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REAL OPTIONS: STATE OF THE PRACTICE by Alex Triantis‚ University of Maryland‚ and Adam Borison‚ Applied Decision Analysis/ PricewaterhouseCoopers1 n an economic environment characterized by rapid change‚ great uncertainty‚ and the need for flexibility‚ it has become increasingly important for corporate managers to use investment evaluation tools and processes that properly account for both uncertainty and the company’s ability to react to new information. Real options has emerged as an approach
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is not implementing at the same time. Moreover‚ a firm is argued to have a sustained competitive advantage when it is implementing a value creating strategy which a current or potential competitor is not implementing at the same time and when these other firms are unable to duplicate the benefits of this strategy. However‚ in order for a resource to have the potential of being a sustained competitive advantage‚ it must contain the following four attributes: Firstly‚ it must be valuable‚ in the sense
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CHAPTER 8 Currency Futures and Options Markets EASY (definitional) 8.1 Which one of the following currency futures contracts is currently NOT available? a) French franc b) Hungarian forint c) Czech koruna d) Norwegian krone Ans: a Section: Futures contracts Level: Easy 8.2 Which of the following has provided a major inducement for speculators to participate in the futures market? a) low margin requirements b) low bid‑ask spreads c) high volume compared to the forward market d)
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