FBE 459 – Financial Derivatives Spring 2013 Scott Joslin University of Southern California Marshall School of Business Course Description This course intends to be an introduction to financial derivatives‚ namely options‚ futures and swaps. Our main goal will be to focus on the uses of derivatives for hedging and speculation and to understand risk neutral pricing of derivatives. The emphasis of the course will be on conceptual issues as opposed to the institutional aspects (although the basic
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International Economics DERIVATIVE MARKETS FUTURES‚ FORWARDS‚ OPTIONS‚ SWAPS‚ CAPS AND FLOOR MARKETS Prepared by: Zagorskaya Ksenia 1. OVERVIEW OF DERIVATIVE MARKET Derivatives are financial instruments whose value is derived from the value of something else. They generally take the form of contracts under which the parties agree to payments between them based upon the value of an underlying asset or other data at a particular point in time. The main types of derivatives are futures‚ forwards
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International Swaps & Derivatives Assn. recently estimated the worldwide market at $ 105 trillion. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) says U.S. commercial banks held $ 56 trillion of derivatives at the end of 2002”‚ and by comparison the GDP of the US was estimated to 10.4 trillion the same year. The world’s largest financial market today is therefore without doubt the derivative market. Derivatives have come into existence because nearly every business has its risks. Derivatives are used
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step towards introduction of derivatives trading in India was the promulgation of the Securities Laws(Amendment) Ordinance‚ 1995‚ which withdrew the prohibition on options in securities. The market for derivatives‚ however‚ did not take off‚ as there was no regulatory framework to govern trading of derivatives. SEBI set up a 24–member committee under the Chairmanship of Dr.L.C.Gupta on November 18‚ 1996 to develop appropriate regulatory framework for derivatives trading in India. The committee
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competition. In particular‚ new and existing power generation utilities/companies (GenComs) should be able to compete with each other at a wholesale level. For this to be possible though‚ the access to the power grid should be offered with the same terms to all players. The only way to avoid any bias or conflict of interest is hence to ensure that the generation‚ transmission and distribution of electricity are either run by different companies or under different management (unbundling). Furthermore‚ the electricity
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Econ 724-01 Financial Derivatives I Final Examination Instructions: 1. The test is open-book and open-notes. 2. Time allowed: 4 hours 1. Refer to the data in Table 1. a) Lau Spring 2011 Suppose you long 10 June 2011 British Pound contracts on April 26‚ 2011 (T) (at the settlement price) and you close your position on April 27‚ 2011 (W) (at the settlement price)‚ how much will you make/lose? Suppose you long 10 June 2011 British Pound contracts on April 27‚ 2011 (W) at the open and you close
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UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY School of Economics and Finance 200079 Derivatives INTERIM TEST (KEY) PARRAMATTA Spring Session 2012 TIME ALLOWED: 1 hour FORMAT: 20 multiple-choice questions WEIGHTING OF EXAMINATION: 30% SUBJECT CO-ORDINATOR: Dr. I. Nalson SCIENTIFIC (NON-PROGRAMMABLE) CALCULATORS AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES ARE PERMITTED NAME: ____________________________________ STUDENT NUMBER:__________________________ TUTORIAL TIME ____________________________
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CIMR (LOGO) Research Project “A comprehensive Study of Indian Derivatives Market” Submitted To: Submitted By: Miss Payal Goyal In partial fulfillment of the Requirements For The Degree of Master of Business Administration ACKNOWLEDGMENT Privilege is what I feel expressing my sincere respect to my guide‚ adviser and well-wisher Prof. ………. faculty of CIMR ‚ Indore. Apart from his technical guidance
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Solution to Derivatives Markets: for Exam FM Yufeng Guo June 24‚ 2007 www.guo.coursehost.com c °Yufeng Guo ii Contents Introduction 1 Introduction to derivatives 2 Introduction to forwards and options vii 1 7 29 79 129 141 3 Insurance‚ collars‚ and other strategies 4 Introduction to risk management 5 Financial forwards and futures 8 Swaps iii CONTENTS CONTENTS www.guo.coursehost.com c °Yufeng Guo iv Preface This is Guo’s solution to Derivatives Markets (2nd edition ISBN 0-321-28030X)
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RESEARCH PAPERS AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON GOLD AS A COMMODITY DERIVATIVE By DR.SURESH CHANDRA BIHARI * RAJIV AGARWAL ** * Associate Professor‚ IBS‚ Hyderabad‚ A.P India. ‚ ** MBA Class of 2011‚ IBS‚ Hyderabad‚ A.P India. ‚ ABSTRACT India is among the top 5 producer of the most of the commodities in addition to being a major consumer of bullion and energy products. Agriculture contributes more than 23% to be GDP of Indian economy. It employees around 57% of the labor force on a total of 185 million
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