ECG 528 Asset Pricing Lecture 1 Prof. Antje Berndt Fall 2013 1 / 27 Overview Today • Course overview • Introduction to Derivatives Securities Buzzwords: Derivatives; Forwards; Futures; Options; Traders; Hedge funds Readings: Chapter 1 in Hull Practice problems: 1.1-1.10 Next time • Futures‚ Hedging using futures 2 / 27 Course Overview • The syllabus‚ posted on the class website‚ describes the policies and the procedures for this course. Please read it carefully.
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Australian School of Business School of Banking and Finance FINS 3635 OPTIONS‚ FUTURES AND RISK MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES Course Outline Semester 1‚ 2012 Part A: Course-Specific Information Part B: Key Policies‚ Student Responsibilities andSupport Table of Contents PART A: COURSE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION 1 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 3 STAFF CONTACT DETAILS COURSE DETAILS Teaching Times and Locations Units of Credit Summary of Course Course Aims and Relationship to Other Courses Student Learning Outcomes
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Dividends Ch 22: Net Advantage of Leasing (NAL) Break-even Lease Range of Lease Payments Ch. 23 M&A with cash M&A with stock swap Ch. 24 Read a futures quote Read an option quote Create a simple hedge Ch. 25 Types of options and payoffs Intrinsic and time value Factors influencing option value Convertible bonds Warrants Chapter 15 Probably one of the easier chapters. Make sure you read it over because there is a lot of detail there that might show up
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Mark-to-market adjustments for fuel hedges recorded in periods other than the settlement period • As a signal of management competence 6/12 Fuel Hedging Instruments • Jet fuel‚ gas oil and crude derivatives: • • • • Forward contracts Future contracts Options and collars Swaps • Other hedging methods: • Merges and acquisitions International Air Transport Association (IATA) Clearing House: is used for
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terms‚ once financing charges are met. OPTION PRICING: The buyer of a call option gets the right to buy the underlying the underlying asset at affixed price‚ where as the buyer of a put option obtains the right to sell the underlying asset at a fixed price. Alternatives to the binomial model In the binomial option pricing model‚ the underlying asset and risk free lending or borrowing are combined to create a portfolio that had the same cash flows as the option being valued; we called this portfolio
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Global Trading FINC 6015 Arbitrage Source: Frino Segara (2008) Chapter 3 – Course Text Joakim Westerholm Hui Zheng MARKET COMMENTARY MACRO: Any economic indicators that show the US economy is improving are now perceived as negative news for stock markets as this means the FED can wind back on flooding the market with liquidity created by buying back government bonds. POLITICAL: Syria Australian Reserve bank appears at ease with the weaker dollar and will continue to ease rates:
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increased agency cost of debt while voting control was not expected to change. The signal of a leveraged recapitalisation through a share repurchase should result in an increased share price and similarly‚ a recapitalisation through a dividend payout may put downward pressure on the share price when future dividend expectations are not met. Although Wrigley’s has the ability to service a $3 billion debt‚ it would lose financial flexibility due to interest payments. It is recommended that Wrigley’s issue
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MAF302 Corporate Finance Study Guide Important Instruction This study guide provides you of an overview for each of the topic taught in this unit. These overviews however are not sufficient to learn all the materials in each of the topic. I therefore would suggest you to follow the materials in lecture notes and workshops. It is also essential to read and consult the corresponding text book chapters to develop your concept and knowledge in this unit. You will also find some references
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a down-and-out barrier option on the firm’s assets. Asset values and volatilities as well as firm-specific bankruptcy barriers are simultaneously backed out from the prices of traded equity. Implied barriers are significantly positive and monotonic in the firm’s leverage and asset volatility. Our default probabilities display better calibration and discriminatory power than the ones inferred in a standard Black and Scholes [Black‚ F.‚ Scholes‚ M.‚ 1973. The pricing of options and corporate liabilities
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futures exchange is to minimize the risk of default by either party. Thus the exchange requires both parties to put up an initial amount of cash‚ the margin. Additionally‚ since the futures price will generally change daily‚ the difference in the prior agreed-upon price and the daily futures price is settled daily also. The exchange will draw money out of one party’s margin account and put it into the other’s so that each party has the appropriate daily loss or profit. If the margin account goes below
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