Essentials Of Investments
Essentials Of Investments
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Author: Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Samuel Samosir works for Peregrine Investments in Jakarta, Indonesia. He focuses his time
and attention on the U.S.dollar/Singapore dollar ($/S$) cross-rate. The current spot rate is
$1.39/S$. After considerable study, he has concluded that the Singapore dollar will
appreciate versus the U.S. dollar in the coming 90 days, probably to about $1.44/S$. He is
considering trading options to profit and has the following options on the Singapore dollar
to choose from
Option choices on the Singapore dollar:
Strike price (US$/Singapore dollar)
Premium (US$/Singapore dollar)
Call on S$
$1.371
$0.047
Put on S$
$1.37
$0.006
Samuel decides to buy call options in Singapore dollars. What will be Samuel's profit/loss if
the ending spot rate is $1.286/S$ in 90 days? Keep all decimal places.
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Transcribed Image Text:Samuel Samosir works for Peregrine Investments in Jakarta, Indonesia. He focuses his time and attention on the U.S.dollar/Singapore dollar ($/S$) cross-rate. The current spot rate is $1.39/S$. After considerable study, he has concluded that the Singapore dollar will appreciate versus the U.S. dollar in the coming 90 days, probably to about $1.44/S$. He is considering trading options to profit and has the following options on the Singapore dollar to choose from Option choices on the Singapore dollar: Strike price (US$/Singapore dollar) Premium (US$/Singapore dollar) Call on S$ $1.371 $0.047 Put on S$ $1.37 $0.006 Samuel decides to buy call options in Singapore dollars. What will be Samuel's profit/loss if the ending spot rate is $1.286/S$ in 90 days? Keep all decimal places.
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