A non-dividend-paying stock is currently priced at $16.40. The risk-free rate is 3 percent and a futures contract on the stock matures in six months. What price should the futures be?

In a financial market a stock is traded with a current price of 50. Next period the priceof the stock can either go up with 30 per cent or go down with 25 per cent. Risk-freedebt is available with an interest rate of 8 per cent. Also traded are European optionson the stock with an exercise price of 45 and a time to maturity of 1, i.e. they maturenext period.i) Find prices of Arrow-Debreu securities.

You enter into a 1-year futures contract on a non-dividend paying stock when the stock price is $100 and the risk-free interest rate is 5% per annum. Six months later the stock price has fallen to $90, and the interest rate is 4% per annum. Which of the answers below is closest to the change in the futures price? Assume discrete compounding and discounting. Question 6Answer a. -12.34 b. -11.40 c. -10.00 d. -13.20

The stock of Bedrock Solutions is currently trading at $24.50 per share. The 1-month put option with strike price of 13.50 is currently selling for $2.16. What's the intrinsic value of this put option?

A stock trades for $45 per share. A call option on that stock has a strike price of $55 and an expiration date twelve months in the future. The volatility of the stock's returns is 44%, and the risk-free rate is 5%. What is the Black and Scholes value of this option? The Black and Scholes value of this call option is $ (Round to the nearest cent.)

Suppose the 6-month Mini S&P 500 futures price is 1,345.99, while the cash price is 1,335.81. What is the implied difference between the risk-free interest rate and the dividend yield on the S&P 500? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Implied difference %

In a financial market a stock is traded with a current price of 50. Next period the priceof the stock can either go up with 30 per cent or go down with 25 per cent. Risk-freedebt is available with an interest rate of 8 per cent. Also traded are European optionson the stock with an exercise price of 45 and a time to maturity of 1, i.e. they maturenext period.i) Find prices of Arrow-Debreu securities.ii) Calculate the price of a call option by constructing and pricing areplicating portfolio.

You enter into a 1-year futures contract on a non-dividend paying stock when the stock price is $100 and the risk-free interest rate is 5% per annum. Six months later the stock price has fallen to $90, and the interest rate is 4% per annum. Which of the answers below is closest to the change in the futures price? Assume discrete compounding and discounting. Question 6Answer a. -12.34 b. -11.40 c. -10.00 d. -13.20

A 6-month European call option on a dividend-paying stock is cur- rently selling for $1.75. The stock price is $58.56, the strike price is $55, and a dividend of $1.20 is expected in 2 months and 5 months. The risk-free interest rate is 3% per annum for all maturities. (a) What opportunities are there for an arbitrageur? Detail your answer. (b) In this market a European put option with same strike price and maturity is also available for trading. Derive the no-arbitrage $3. price of the put option if the call option has a price of c = %3D (c) The European put option in the above section is trading at $3. What opportunities are there for an arbitrageur? Detail your answer.

The one-year futures price on a particular stock-index portfolio is 2,620, the stock index currently is 2,600, the one-year risk-free interest rate is 2.0%, and the year-end dividend that will be paid on a $2,600 investment in the index portfolio is $25. Required: By how much is the contract mispriced? (Input the amount as positive value.) The futures price is its "proper" or parity value.