The price of a stock is $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
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___________________________________________________________ Stocks have historically had much higher returns than bonds. Can these excess returns be justified by the higher risk attached to stocks‚ or are there alternative explanations? The following is an abbreviated history of studies and models that articulate the logic of stock returns; included are both support for and alternatives to the equity risk premium. Edgar Lawrence Smith’s 1924 book Common Stocks as Long Term Investments […] was immediately
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GAP Inc Table of Contents Abstract 4 Introduction: 5 Background of the company: 6 Objectives: 6 Mission and vision statement: 6 Industry analysis: 7 Porter’s Five Forces analysis: 8 Competition: 8 Treat of new entry: 8 Threat of substitutes: 9 Power of suppliers: 9 Power of buyers: 9 Environmental Analysis: 10 Social - Cultural: 10 Economic: 10 Legal/Political: 11 Technology: 11 Industry Structure: 12 Competitors: 12 Economics strategy adopted by Gap inc. to improve it’s
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Valuation of Common Stock Ashok Banerjee Common (Equity) Stocks • Because common stock never matures‚ today’s value is the present value of an infinite stream of cash flows (i.e.‚ dividend). • But dividends are not fixed. • Not knowing the amount of the dividends—or even if there will be future dividends— makes it difficult to determine the value of common stock. • So what are we to do? Valuation Models • Dividend Valuation Model (DVM): – Constant dividend: Let D be the constant DPS: The required
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several stock exchanges and broker/dealer networks that have come into the computer age of finances. The street ’s location put it in the perfect position to become the base for the import and exports of the new colony. Despite the fact that New York City was the temporary capital of the United States from 1785 to 1790‚ the first real stock exchange begun in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania in 1790. This was a simple finical market in which traders needed to have their offices close to the stock exchange
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Industrial Average‚ the Dow Jones‚ the Dow 30‚ or simply the Dow‚ is a stock market index‚ and one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow. The average is named after Dow and one of his business associates‚ statistician Edward Jones. It is an index that shows how 30 large‚ publicly owned companies based in the United States have traded during a standard trading session in the stock market. It is the second oldest U.S. market index after the Dow
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Stock control methods There are several method for controlling stock‚ all designed to provide an efficient system for deciding wha‚ when and how much to order. You may opt for one method or two or more if you have various types of stock. * Minimum stock level - you identify a minimum stock level‚ and re-order when stock reaches that level. This is known as the just in time methd. * Stock reviw - you have regular reviews of stock. At every review you place an order to return stocks to
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on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. As the chief financial officer of a young company with lots of investment opportunities‚ Eco’s CFO closely monitor the firm’s cost of capital. The CFO keeps tabs on each of the individual costs of Eco’s three main financing sources: long-term debt‚ preferred stock‚ and common stock. The target capital structure for Eco is given by the weights in the following table: Source of capital Weight Long-term debt 30% Preferred stock 20% Common stock equity 50% Total
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A joint-stock company is a business entity which is owned by shareholders. Each shareholder owns the portion of the company in proportion to his or her ownership of the company’s shares (certificates of ownership). [1] This allows for the unequal ownership of a business with some shareholders owning a larger proportion of a company than others. Shareholders are able to transfer their shares to others without any effects to the continued existence of the company. [2] In modern corporate
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| 2012 | Netflix Stockpitch | 2012 | Netflix Stockpitch | Strategy Analysis 1. Rivalry among existing firms The market for entertainment video is intensely competitive and subject to rapid change. New competitors may be able to launch new businesses at relatively low cost. Many consumers maintain simultaneous relationships with multiple entertainment video providers and can easily shift spending from one provider to another. Netflix’s principal competitors include: HBO GO‚ Apple’s iTunes
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