76 CHAPTER 7 CURRENCY FUTURES AND OPTIONS MARKETS This chapter describes foreign currency futures and options contracts and shows how they can be used to manage foreign exchange risk or take speculative positions on currency movements. It also shows how to read the prices of these contracts as they appear in the financial press. SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO CHAPTER 7 QUESTIONS 1. On April 1‚ the spot price of the British pound was $1.86 and the price of the June futures contract was $1.85. During
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CHAPTER 7: CURRENCY FUTURES AND OPTION MARKETS 7.1 FUTURE CONTRACTS 7.1.1 Definition of future contract–> contracts written requiring a standard quantity of an available currency at a fixed exchange rate and at a set delivery date. A future contract is defined as a contractual agreement to buy or sell an asset at a pre-determined price in the future. The contracts detail the quality and quantity of the underlying asset. Background of currency futures in 1972: Chicago Mercantile Exchange
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foreign currency futures and options. Identify situations where you may choose one or the other. When Barings Bank‚ the oldest merchant bank in London‚ collapsed in 1995 after one of the bank’s employees lost £827 million due to speculative investing‚ primarily in futures contracts‚ it illustrated the extreme danger and volatility of derivatives. Options and futures can be used to eliminate‚ reduce‚ hedge and manage risk‚ but can also be highly speculative. Foreign currency futures are standardized
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Corporate Finance Problems and prospects of future contracts and options. Acknowledgement While doing this assingment we were lucky to have some assisstance from different personnels. At first we wan to mention about our honorable course instr-uctor Md. Omar Faruque. He helped us by providing a proper guideline on how to prepare this assingment. He also encouraged us to prepared the assingment in a timely and efficient manner. Now we want to mention some other persons contribution. Mr
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Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets‚ 8e (Hull) Chapter 1 Introduction 1) A one-year forward contract is an agreement where A) One side has the right to buy an asset for a certain price in one year’s time B) One side has the obligation to buy an asset for a certain price in one year’s time C) One side has the obligation to buy an asset for a certain price at some time during the next year D) One side has the obligation to buy an asset for the market price in one year’s time Answer:
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POINT/COUNTER-POINT: Should Speculators Use Currency Futures or Options? POINT: Speculators should use currency futures because they can avoid a substantial premium. To the extent that they are willing to speculate‚ they must have confidence in their expectations. If they have sufficient confidence in their expectations‚ they should bet on their expectations without having to pay a large premium to cover themselves if they are wrong. If they do not have confidence in their expectations‚ they
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CHAPTER 8 Currency Futures and Options Markets EASY (definitional) 8.1 Which one of the following currency futures contracts is currently NOT available? a) French franc b) Hungarian forint c) Czech koruna d) Norwegian krone Ans: a Section: Futures contracts Level: Easy 8.2 Which of the following has provided a major inducement for speculators to participate in the futures market? a) low margin requirements b) low bid‑ask spreads c) high volume compared to the forward market d)
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Introduction Currency Futures Defined Currency Futures are standardised foreign exchange derivative contracts on a recognised stock exchange to buy or sell a standard quantity of one currency against another on a specified future date at a specified price. It allows clients to take a view on the movement of the exchange rate as well as hedge against currency risk. Clients can use Currency Futures as a trading‚ investing and hedging tool.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has permitted the recognized
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Options & Futures I. Introduction to Derivatives Prof. Domenico Cuoco Term 5‚ 2013 What is a Derivative? Basic Types of Derivatives The Market for Derivatives Outline 1 What is a Derivative? 2 Basic Types of Derivatives 3 The Market for Derivatives Options & Futures‚ Prof. Domenico Cuoco‚ 2013 I. Introduction to Derivatives 2 What is a Derivative? Basic Types of Derivatives The Market for Derivatives What is a Derivative? Derivatives and Contingent
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Derivatives Market. In the financial world‚ we find various investment instruments called derivatives. It is defined as financial derivative or derivative financial products to those whose value is based on the price of another asset. This means that financial derivatives are instruments whose price or value is not determined directly but depend on the price of another asset which we call the underlying asset. The underlying asset can be a stock‚ a stock index‚ a commodity or any other financial
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