Exam 15: Options on Stock Indices and Currencies
Exam 1: Introduction8 Questions
Exam 2: Mechanics of Futures Markets12 Questions
Exam 3: Hedging Strategies Using Futures8 Questions
Exam 4: Interest Rates10 Questions
Exam 5: Determination of Forward and Futures Prices10 Questions
Exam 6: Interest Rate Futures 7 Swaps9 Questions
Exam 7: Swaps5 Questions
Exam 8: Securitization and the Credit Crisis of 20075 Questions
Exam 9: Mechanics of Options Markets4 Questions
Exam 10: Properties of Stock Options8 Questions
Exam 11: Trading Strategies Involving Options5 Questions
Exam 12: Introduction to Binomial Trees5 Questions
Exam 13: Valuing Stock Options: the Black-Scholes-Merton Model11 Questions
Exam 14: Employee Stock Options4 Questions
Exam 15: Options on Stock Indices and Currencies8 Questions
Exam 16: Futures Options7 Questions
Exam 17: The Greek Letters7 Questions
Exam 18: Binomial Trees in Practice5 Questions
Exam 19: Volatility Smiles6 Questions
Exam 20: Value at Risk5 Questions
Exam 21: Interest Rate Options5 Questions
Exam 22: Exotic Options and Other Non-Standard Products10 Questions
Exam 23: Credit Derivatives10 Questions
Exam 24: Weather, Energy and Insurance Derivatives8 Questions
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Options on an exchange rate can be valued using the formula for an option of a stock paying a continuous dividend yield where the dividend yield is replaced by: choose one)
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To create a range forward contract in order to hedge foreign currency that will be received, a company should: choose one)
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The put-call parity formula for options on a stock paying known dividend yields is the same as that for options on a non-dividend-paying stock, except that:
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Consider a European call option on a currency. The exchange rate is 1.0000, the strike price is 0.9100, the time to maturity is one year, the domestic risk-free rate is 5% per annum, and the foreign risk-free rate is 3% per annum. What is a lower bound to the option price? Give four decimal places.) _ _ _ _ _ _
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Consider a European put option on an index. The index level is 1000, the strike price is 1050, the time to maturity is six months, the risk-free rate is 4% per annum, and the dividend yield on the index is 2% per annum. What is a lower bound to the option price? Give two decimal places.) _ _ _ _ _ _
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A portfolio manager in charge of a portfolio worth $10 million is concerned that the market might decline rapidly during the next six months, and would like to use options on the S&P/ASX 200 to provide protection against the portfolio falling below $9.5 million. The S&P/ASX 200 is currently standing at 5000 and each contract is on 10 times the index.
i) If the portfolio has a beta of 1, how many put option contracts should be purchased? _ _ _ _ _ _
ii) If the portfolio has a beta of 1, what should the strike price of the put options be? _ _ _ _ _ _
iii) If the portfolio has a beta of 0.5, how many put options should be purchased? _ _ _ _ _ _
iv) When the portfolio has a beta of 0.5, what should the strike prices of the put options be if the insured level of $9.5 million were to include dividends? Assume that the risk-free rate is 10% per annum and the dividend yield on both the portfolio and the index is 2% per annum. _ _ _ _ _ _
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To create a range forward contract in order to hedge foreign currency that will be paid, a company should: choose one)
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Suppose that the current Australian dollar/US dollar exchange rate is 1.08. The risk-free rates of interest in Australia and the US are 2.75% and 1.24% per annum continuously compounded) respectively. A European put option to sell one US dollar for AUD1.08 in six months costs $4.20. What is the price of a six-month call option to buy AUD1.08 with one US dollar? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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