elstra announces a major expansion into Internet services. This announcement causes the price of Telstra stock to increase, but also causes an increase in the volatility of the stock price. Which of the following correctly identifies the impact of these changes on the price of Telstra call options? A. The greater uncertainty will cause the price of the call option to increase. The higher price of the stock will cause the price of the call option to decrease.   B. Both changes cause the price of the call option to decrease.   C. Both changes cause the price of the call option to increase.   D.The greater uncertainty will cause the price of the call option to decrease. The higher price of the stock will cause the price of the call option to increase.

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Choose one appropriate statement. 1. The movement of stock prices have certain patterns, and investors can make profits by studying such patterns. 2. If a hedge fund manager believes that Toyota will going to outperform Honda she will short stocks of both companies. 3. When one share of Apple stock is being traded at $150, the stock market believes that you can always sell a share of Apple stock for at least $150 in the future. 4. O An undervalued stock should outperform the market in the long run. 5. O Diversification is not appropriate because it would prevent investors from capitalizing on the superior return that can result from a concentrated holding of the stock of one successful company.

Some speculators think you should buy stock which are heavily shorted. Their reasoning is: a. The more a stock is shorted, the more that needs to be bought to close the short positions. b. The more a stock is shorted, the more speculators will have to sell in the future. c. the crowd is always right.

2. Exercise value and option price The value derived from exercising an option immediately is the exercise value. No rational investor would exercise an option that is out-of-the-money, so the minimum exercise value is zero. The following table provides information regarding options on ABC Corp. stock. Because the stock's price is volatile, investors trade options to either hedge their positions or speculate on price movements. Investors can either buy options or "issue" new options, which is called writing options. The following table presents the data on ABC Corp.'s call options at different stock prices. Based on your understanding of exercise value and option prices, complete the table with a strike price of $24.00: Stock Price ($) 16.00 32.00 40.00 44.00 48.00 Strike Price ($) 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 Exercise Value ($) Market Price of Option ($) 1.56 10.10 0.00 20.00 18.40 22.60 28.00 Time Value ($) 2.10 2.40 4.00 After two weeks, the stock price of ABC Corp. increases to…

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Although investing all at once works best when stock prices are rising, dollar-cost averaging can be a good way to take advantage of a fluctuating market. Dollar-cost averaging is an investment strategy designed to reduce volatility in which securities are purchased in fixed dollar amounts at regular intervals regardless of what direction the market is moving. This strategy is also called the constant dollar plan. You are considering a hypothetical $1,200 investment in a media company's stock. Your choice is to invest the money all at once or dollar-cost average at the rate of $100 per month for one year. Assume that the company allows you to purchase "fractional" shares of its stock. (a) If you invested all of the money in January and bought the shares for $12 each, how many shares could you buy? shares (b) From the following chart of share prices, calculate the number of shares that would be purchased each month using dollar-cost averaging and the total shares for the year. Round to…

10. Recapitalization Aa Aa Firms use recapitalization for different reasons. Recapitalization is the process through which firms make desired changes in their capital structure by using debt to repurchase equity. Firms may decide to recapitalize for various reasons, such as to maintain an optimal capital structure, to use as a defense mechanism against a hostile takeover, to minimize taxes, or to use in an exit strategy for venture capitalists. As an analyst, you are tracking the financial performance of Gadgetime Inc. The company has been 100% equity owned but recently made changes to its capital structure. You have collected the following information about the recapitalization: • Gadgetime issued $17,500,000 in new debt to buy back stock. • The firm had no short-term investments before or after the recapitalization. • Gadgetime had 1,750,000 shares outstanding before the recapitalization. • Gadgetime's capital structure now has 25% debt. The company's operations are valued at $70…

The purpose of a lockup provision is to:   Question 22 options:   keep individual investors from buying and selling stock.   prevent downward pressure on the stock's price.   increase the number of outstanding shares.   allocate a larger proportion of stock to institutional investors.