On January 1 2021 you buy shares of an s&p index ETF at $370 each. You are concerned about the possible drop in value of the large cap equities before year end. The S&P 500 currently is at $4,669. You decide to buy an at-the – money put option on the s&p 500 index to insulate your portfolio from a decline in equity prices. Each put ( assume one put per ETF share)is prived at $56 and expires on 31 december. If the s&p is at $4680 on 31 december an dyour ETF position is priced at $468, what is the annualized percent return on entire investment in the ETF, including the put

On July 1, an investor holds 50000 shares of a certain stock. The market price is $50 per share. The investor is interested in hedging against movements in the market over the next month and decides to use the September Mini S&P 500 futures contract. The index is currently 1500 and one contract is for delivery of $50 times the index. The beta of the stock is 1.5. What strategy should the investor follow? Under what circumstances will it be profitable?

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Suppose you have $28,000 to invest. You're considering Miller-Moore Equine Enterprises (MMEE), which is currently selling for $40 per share. You notice that a put option with a $40 strike is available with a premium of $2.80. Calculate your percentage return on the put option for the six-month holding period if the stock price declines to $36 per share. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your 6-month return as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) Percentage return %

One share of Napier Inc. is currently trading at $84 per share. In one year, the price is expected either (1) rise to $105 or (2) fall to $60. You are interested in purchasing a call option on Napier, Inc. The option has a strike price of $92 and expires in 1 year. The current risk-free rate for the year is 4%. Based on binomial options pricing (as shown in class), what is a fair price for this option? Answer to the nearest cent, with no punctuation. That is, $5.289 should be entered at 5.29.

You would like to hold a protective put position on the stock of Avalon Corporation to lock in a guaranteed minimum value of $50 at year-end. Avalon currently sells for $50. Over the next year, the stock price will increase by 10% or decrease by 10%. The T-bill rate is 5%. Unfortunately, no put options are traded on Avalon Company. What would have been the cost of a protective put portfolio? Multiple Choice $53.38 O $52.38 $48.81 $51.19

You buy a share of stock, write a 1-year call option with X = $85, and buy a 1-year put option with X = $85. Your net outlay to establish the entire portfolio is $83.3. Required: What is the payoff of your portfolio? What must be the risk-free interest rate? The stock pays no dividends. Note: Round your answer to 2 decimal places.

Suppose you think AppX stock is going to appreciate substantially in value in the next year. Say the stock's current price, SO, is $50, and a call option expiring in one year has an exercise price, X, of $50 and is selling at a price, C, of $9. With $18, 900 to invest, you are considering three alternatives. a. Invest all $18, 900 in the stock, buying 378 shares. b. Invest all $18,900 in 2, 100 options (21 contracts). c. Buy 100 options (one contract) for $900, and invest the remaining $18,000 in a money market fund paying 6% in interest over 6 months (12% per year). What is your rate of return for each alternative for the following four stock prices in 6 months? (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round the "Percentage return of your portfolio (Bills + 100 options)" answers to 2 decimal places.) The total value of your portfolio in six months for each of the following stock prices is: The percentage…

The common stock of Triangular File Company is selling at $91. A 13-week call option written on Triangular File's stock is selling for $9. The call's exercise price is $101. The risk-free interest rate is 8% per year. a. Suppose that puts on Triangular stock are not traded, but you want to buy one. Which combination will produce the same results? Buy call, invest PV(EX), sell stock short Sell call, invest PV(EX), sell stock short Buy call, lend PV(EX), buy stock Sell call, lend PV(EX), buy stock b. Suppose that puts are traded. What should a 13-week put with an exercise price of $101 sell for? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Put option price

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