Required: 1. Determine the total compensation cost pertaining to the incentive stock option plan. 2. to 5. Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record compensation expense on December 31, 2024 and 2025. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record the exercise of 75% of the options on March 12, 2026, when the market price is $9 per share and the entry on December 31, 2030, when the remaining options that have vested expire without being exercised

Demonstrate the impact of different values on a market value weighted stock index with a hypothetical example considering three stocks (stock A, B and C), no. of shares and price for base year 2020 and for the year 2021 with two different cases Case A and Case B ( base year index value as 100)

The following three defense stocks are to be combined into a stock index in January 2019 (perhaps a portfolio manager believes these stocks are an appropriate benchmark for his or her performance). Suppose that Douglas McDonnell shareholders approve a 2-for-1 stock split on January 1, 2020. Douglas McDonnell Dynamics General International Rockwell New divisor Shares (millions) 180 325 370 Rate of return 1/1/19 $ 60 68 97 Price 1/1/20 $ 64 64 86 a. What is the new divisor for the index? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 3 decimal places.) 1/1/21 $77 78 100 b. Calculate the rate of return on the index for the year ending December 31, 2020, if Douglas McDonnell's share price on January 1, 2021, is $23.42 per share. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

The database is mentioned in the attachment:Ques) Draw a profit diagram for an investor in a call option with an exercise price of 64 that expires in March and explain the diagram. Undertake the same analysis for the writer of the call. Comment on the contention that options are a zero sum game for the writer and investor in options.

With formulas, no tables Exploring six-month call and put options for a stock with an exercise price of $20 and a call premium of $4 per contract, your consideration involves the potential purchase of 20 call options. Let's analyze the following scenarios: a) In the context of contemplating the acquisition of 20 call options, visualize the profit and losses at the expiration date of your position, disregarding any transaction costs. Calculate the potential gain if the stock price stands at $20 in six months. Determine the break-even point and assess the potential gain if the stock price rises to $27 in six months. b) Examine the profit and losses for the writer (seller) of the call option. What constitutes the maximum profit for the call writer, and what represents the maximum loss for the call writer? c) Shift attention to a put option for the same stock, sharing the same strike price and maturity, traded on the market at a price of $3. Present the profit and losses at the expiration…

The following table lists prices of Amazon options in January 2018 when Amazon stock was selling for $1,200. Exercise Price Expiration Date April 2018 Call Price Put Price $ 31.10 $1,200 1,300 1,400 $1,200 1,300 1,400 $1,200 1,300 1,400 $132.70 73.20 70.10 134.20 $ 53.55 96.00 33.00 July 2018 $161.70 104.00 62.55 156.05 January 2019 $210.00 $ 88.05 155.35 133.25 112.00 190.00 Suppose that by January 2019, the price of Amazon could either rise from its January 2018 level to $1,200 × 1.25 = $1,500.00 or fall to $1,200/1.25 = $960.00. a. What would be your percentage return on a January expiration call option with an exercise price of $1,200 if the stock price rose? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) b. What would be your percentage return if the stock price fell? (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign.) c. Which is riskier: the stock or the option? a. Percentage return b. Percentage return Which is riskier: the stock or the option? % (100) % Option C.

The following table lists the options on Amazon shares in January 2018 when Amazon stock was selling for $1,210. Exercise Price $1,210 1,310 1,410 Expiration Date July 2018 Call Price $161.90 104.10 62.65 a. Call option with exercise price of $1,210 b. Put option with exercise price of $1,210 C. Call option with exercise price of $1,310 d. Put option with exercise price of $1,310 e. Call option with exercise price of $1,410 f. Put option with exercise price of $1,410 Use the data in the table to calculate the payoff and the profits for investments in each of the following July maturity options, assuming that the stock price on the expiration date is $1,305. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your "Profit" answers to 2 decimal places.) Put Price $53.56 96.10 156.15 Payoff Profit

Walters Audio Visual, Inc., offers a stock option plan to its regional managers. On January 1, 2021, 40 million options were granted for 40 million $1 par common shares. The exercise price is the market price on the grant date, $8 per share. Options cannot be exercised prior to January 1, 2023, and expire December 31, 2027. The fair value of the options, estimated by an appropriate option pricing model, is $2 per option. Because the plan does not qualify as an incentive plan, Walters will receive a tax deduction upon exercise of the options equal to the excess of the market price at exercise over the exercise price. The income tax rate is 25%.   4. Record the exercise of the options and their tax effect if all of the options are exercised on March 20, 2026, when the market price is $12 per share.5. Assume the option plan qualifies as an incentive plan. Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record compensation expense and its tax effect on December 31, 2021.6. Assuming the option…

You purchased two contracts of "ABA December 11 2015 72.00 Put" at $4.20 per option and exercise it when the underlying stock price was $65.50. What is your profit and return on the investment, excluding the commissions?

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