EBK INVESTMENTS
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ISBN: 9781259357480
Author: Bodie
Publisher: MCGRAW HILL BOOK COMPANY
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Chapter 23, Problem 3PS
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To think critically about: Effectiveness of the hedging for the oil and gold firm when firm wishes for short maturity.
Introduction: Hedging of the risk in oil-producing and gold mining is decided by the storage cost and convince. Oil trading is effected by the long term changes in prices but not effected in gold mining.
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An investor wants to hedge against currency price movements that could offset the yield s/he expects to earn on a lending spread created by simultaneous long and short positions in bonds. a. A currency worth $0.80 that could increase in value by 2% per period over the next two months. The domestic and foreign risk-free interest rates are 6% and 8%, respectively. If the strike price is also $0.80, then use the binomial pricing theorem to price both the call and put options. Verify your answer using the put-call parity relationship.
Suppose a oil producer wants to hedge against possible price fluctuations in the market. For example, in November, he decides to enter into a short-sell position in a 2 (two) futures contracts in order to limit his exposure to a possible decline in the cash price prior to the time when he will sell his oil in the cash market. Assume that the spot price of oil is $30 and the futures price for a March futures contract is $45. What is the basis?
Выберите один ответ:
a. 30
b. 7.5
c. 25
d. 15
e. 45
You are planning to make a hedging. The standard deviation of semiannual changes in a futures price on the gold is $0.96. The standard deviation of semiannual changes of the gold price is $0.87 and the coefficient of correlation between the two changes is 0.9. What is the optimal hedge ratio for a 6-month contract?
Choose correct answer:
a. The optimal hedge ratio is 0.8352
b. The optimal hedge ratio is 0.1
c. The optimal hedge ratio is 0.9931
d. The optimal hedge ratio is 0.8156
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