worth $10 million and has a beta of 1.0. An index is currently standing at 800. Explain how a put option with a strike price of 700 can be used to provide portfolio insurance. Index goes down to 700 10*(800/700)= 8.75 million Buying put options= 10‚000‚000/800= 12‚500 If you buy the options at 800‚ the value will be 12‚500 times the index with a strike price of 700 therefore providing protection against a drop in the value of the portfolio below $8.75 million. Each contract is on 100 times the index
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A Former US senator and a senior at the Ethics and Public Policy Center begin their case against gay marriage with the point that there are no studies that prove that homosexuals have a positive impact their community. They claim that people that support homosexuals are not “seeing the big picture” or assuming the repercussions of damaging others‚ including children‚ morally‚ religiously‚ physically‚ and mentally. When asked about a “go-slow approach‚” their rebuttal consists of the idea that once
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Michael Gillaspie American History Ms. Rankin 15 December 2003 Chinese Immigration In many aspects‚ the motivations for the Chinese to come to the United States are similar to those of most immigrants. Some came to "The Gold Mountain‚" and others came to the United States to seek better economic opportunity. Yet there were others that were compelled to leave China either as contract laborers or refugees. The Chinese brought with them their language‚ culture‚ social institutions‚ and customs
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calculate the per-movie value of the sequel rights to the entire portfolio of 99 movies released in 1989 by the six major studios. 5. Assume that a maximum of ten sequels can be made in any given year. Using the same decision-tree approach‚ what would you estimate to be the per-movie value of the sequel rights to the entire portfolio of 99 movies released in 1989 by the six major studios? 6. Using the Black-Scholes approach‚ calculate the per-movie value of the sequel rights to the entire
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KIM Question (A): Describe an ethical failure by an organisation on an important business decision and its adverse downstream consequences. ETHICAL FAILURE BY SAMSUNG Samsung Electronic one of the largest multi-billion dollar corporations in the world recently found itself on the wrong side of ethical behaviour. In 2010 Samsung Electronic exceeded the $150bn mark in the annual sales for the first time in its history. This makes it one of the world’s top three companies in the electronic industry
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1.0 Introduction APPLE Apple Inc.‚ formerly Apple Computer‚ Inc.‚ which is a multinational corporation that creates consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and commercial servers‚ and a digital distributor of media content. On 1 April 1976‚ Apple was established in Cupertino‚ California and incorporated on 3 January 1977. The founders are Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak who started with a Apple’s computer company in the year 1976. Apple has expanded into a very complex company that specializes
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Kodak. This memo will explore the options I briefly discussed in the previous memo‚ in order to find a solution to this problem. Each option will be assessed based on the same criteria. The options to consider are: * Hire a new CEO- new bolder leadership * Enter into a new aggressive market- ink cartridges * Partner with a new company to expand popularity- NFL In order to determine which option will be most suitable for company revamp‚ all options will be assessed on an equal scale
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Capital Structure : Samsung and Intel 1 | | Samsung Electronics | | Intel | | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | Assets | 32‚035 | 24‚105 | 29‚178 | | 28‚880 | 31‚471 | 43‚849 | Liabilities | 27‚386 | 19‚016 | 16‚004 | | 9‚585 | 8‚094 | 11‚314 | Shareholders’ Equity | 4‚649 | 5‚089 | 13‚174 | | 19‚295 | 23‚377 | 32‚535 | | | | | | | | | Debt/Equity | 5.89 | 3.74 | 1.21 | | 0.50 | 0.35 | 0.35 | Debt/Capitalization | 0.85 | 0.79 | 0.55 | | 0.33 | 0.26 |
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Porter’s 5 forces analysis Potential entrants (threat) Samsung as mobile company is not even frightened of new entrants‚ because the capital needed to invest in this kind of industry is extremely high‚ which means that no too many investors try to gain a market share in mobile environment. BIBLIOGRAPHY \l 2058 This kind of threat is very low‚ with a high invest in R&D for the creation and innovation of unique products that exceed the consumer’s expectations and brand loyalty of their mobile
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Written Analysis of Case Samsung and the Theme Park Industry in Korea Dominicus Mayo The Industry Theme Park is a large entertainment area and has variety complexes with theme in each of its complex. Theme Park is a global Industry operating in North America‚ Europe and Asia with attendance from local area and from all over the world. Theme park become necessity for the people to get entertainment and leisure after busy working day‚ especially for family. The reason that people come to theme
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