A European call and a European put on a stock have the same strike price and time to maturity. At 10:00am on a certain day, the price of the call is $4.5 and the price of the put is $6. At 10:01am news reaches the market that has no effect on the stock price or interest rates, but increases volatilities. As a result the price of the put changes to $6.75. Which of the following is correct? Question 11Answer a. The call price increases to $5.25 b. It is possible that there is no effect on the call price c. The call price increases to $6.75 d. The call price decreases to $3.75

Without using the Black‐Scholes model, compute the price of a European put option on a non‐dividend‐paying stock with the strike price is $70 when the stock price is $73, the risk‐free interest rate is 10% pa, the volatility is 40% pa, and the time to maturity is 6 months?

Assuming that interest rate parity holds. In both the spot market and the 90 day forward market, 1 Japanese ye equals .0089 dollar. In Japan, 90-day risk free securities yield 4.3%. What is the yield on 90-day risk free securities in the US? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimals places.

We have a 2-state, 2-period world (i.e. t = 0, 1, 2). The current stock price is 100 and the risk- free rate each period is 2%. Each period the stock can either go up by 10% or down by 10%. A European call option on this stock with an exercise price of 100 expires at the end of the second period. If the stock moves down in period 1, how would you adjust your t = 0 hedge by trading only stock? (closest answer) buy about 0.39 shares of stock sell about 0.62 shares of stock buy about 0.09 shares of stock sell about 0.39 shares of stock sell about 0.09 shares of stock buy about 0.62 shares of stock

A share is currently priced at £50. After one time period the share price will either increase to £70 or decrease to £40. Assume the interest rate is 4% per time period. Find the no-arbitrage price of a European derivative on the share which has payoff £90 if the share price goes up and £110 if the share price goes down. State your answer to the nearest pence. Do not enter the pound sign.

(a) The table below gives information about European options with a maturity date of 6 months. Type Of option Strike Price Call 65 Call 58 Put 65 Premium 5 8 4 (i) Devise the payoff profile of the hedging strategy from the above for an investor betting on an increase in the stock price and calculate the payoff if the stock price increases to $66 after 6 months. (8 marks) (ii) Suppose that another investor expects a big stock price movement but is not sure of the direction. She however bets that the downward movement is more likely. Devise the corresponding trading strategy and calculate the payoff if the stock price is $55 after 6 months. (8 marks) (b) By analysing the pay off profiles of a protective put strategy and a straddle, discuss in what ways these strategies shield the investor from potential losses.

Instead, assume that the index is a market cap weighted index, but it is still 550 at the end of the day on 21-Oct-2019. What is the value of the index at the end of 23-Oct-2019 after CHO has been replaced with DIY (take the answer to 2 decimal places)? AAC BZF CHO DIY 21-Oct-19 22-Oct-19 $75.00 $80.00 $150.00 $140.00 $10.00 $12.00 $106.00 $107.00 23-Oct-19 $82.00 $135.00 $8.00 $104.00 Shares Outstanding (in thousands) 1,000 800 50,000 8,000

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Today is January 1. The forward price for contracts maturing on April 1 is $104.4 and on October 1 is $111.6. On April 1, the price of a zero-coupon bond maturing on October 1 is $0.975. Assuming that the underlying interest rate is a continuously compounded interest rate and will not change, the amount of profit that you can make on October 1 by trading one contract each of the near and distant maturity forwards and other securities is: [round to two decimal places]

An increase in the rate of interest A fall in the level of demand A decrease in the rate of interest A stock sells P110. A call option on the stock with an exercise price of P105 and expires in 43 days. If the interest rate is 0.11 and the standard deviation of the stock's return is 0.25, what is the price of the CALL OPTION according to the Black-Scholes Model? P6.92 P8.05 T P7.68 P6.88 O Focu: States)