Two different options to mimic | 1) X=87.5 call option‚ expiring at Nov 16‚ 2012. 2) X=90 call option‚ expiring at Nov 16‚ 2012. | 2. Calculate the annualized standard deviation: σ=0.1357502 Completed calculation table (See Appendix) 3. Replicating Portfolios X=87.5 call option Completed calculation table (See Appendix) X=90 call option Completed calculation table (See Appendix) a. A discussion of how well the synthetic option price tracked the actual option price for each
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I. Time Context September 1993. II. Viewpoint Mr. Ricky Bautista‚ President of Vive Chem Philippines. III. Major Policy Statement VCP is a manufacturing company set up by a group of chemists and chemical engineers involved in developing new products primarily for industrial use. They develop a variety of personal products such as hair care products‚ colognes‚ and deodorants. The company looks to be one of the leaders in facial care industry in the next 10 years. IV. Current Operation Plan Finance:
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Study Guide for Final Exam 1. (TCO B) Which of the following statements concerning the MM extension with growth is NOT CORRECT? (a) The tax shields should be discounted at the unlevered cost of equity. (b) The value of a growing tax shield is greater than the value of a constant tax shield. (c) For a given D/S‚ the levered cost of equity is greater than the levered cost of equity under MM’s original (with tax) assumptions. (d) For a given D/S‚ the WACC is greater than the WACC under MM’s
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winter season? Mary would need to decide soon about he use of these derivatives is she wanted to put in place a hedge for the3 winter months ahead. 1 – What is the “optionality” in the weather derivative contracts‚ i.e. why are these contracts derivatives? Draw a diagram of the payoffs at the end of the life for the contract as presented in Exhibit 1 of the case. A weather derivative or weather option is a financial instrument that has a payoff derived from variables such as temperature‚ snowfall
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contract‚ the derivatives are settled at a future date. Role of Financial Derivatives. We can classify financial derivatives based on different parameters. The most common are: 1. Derivatives according to the type of contract involved: a. Options. b. Forwards. c. Contracts for difference. d. SWAPS. 2.
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FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION - Gene Kranz‟s leadership in movie < Apollo 13> INTRODUCTION Apollo 13‚ the 1995 motion picture directed by Ron Howard‚ is the true story of Jim Lovell‚ Fred Haise‚ and Jack Swigert‚ a team of astronauts reassigned to a space flight with diminished preparation time. Apollo 13 Mission in 1970 was planning to land on the moon as a routine‚ but after astronauts found oxygen tank‟s explosion and leaking‚ this routine mission to the moon suddenly
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a payment of 12.5 million yen payable as of the delivery date. Blades has two choices: Purchase two call options contracts (since each option contract represents 6‚250‚000 yen). Purchase one futures contract (which represents 12.5 million yen). The futures price on yen has historically exhibited a slight discount from the existing spot rate. However‚ the firm would like to use currency options to hedge payables in Japanese yen for transactions 2 months in advance. Blades would prefer hedging its yen
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12.5 million yen payable as of the delivery date. Blades had two choices to either purchase two call options contracts (since each option contract represented 6‚250‚000 yen) or purchase one futures contract (which represented 12.5 million yen). The futures price on yen had historically exhibited a slight discount from the existing spot rate. However‚ the firm would have liked to use currency options to hedge payables in Japanese yen for transactions two months in advance. Blades would have preferred
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The issue here may lie with the 50% to 75% hedge as it is doubtful as to why GM does not hedge its receivables / payables by 100%. Perhaps the issue is related to high costs of using options and their receivables / payables run into huge amounts. Additionally‚ GM is not keen on committing to a forward because they have positive expectations about the future exchange rate and the forward would only serve to limit their possible gains.
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model .........................................7 How is the expected volatility of the stock price estimated?...............................................8 How is the expected term of the options estimated? ........................................................9 How are restrictions on shares or options considered? ....................................................10 If the plan is compensatory‚ over what period is compensation recorded?..............10 What is the impact of service‚
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