depressed during the period versus what they should have been had the decision been made not to expand in China. c. The company holds about half of its assets in the form of US Treasury bonds‚ and it keeps these funds available for use in emergencies. In the future‚ though SSC plans to shift its emergency funds from Treasury bonds to common stocks. Discuss how SSC’s stockholders might view each of these actions and how the actions might affect the stock price. ANSWER: A. B. TRANSACTION B
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the money ($1000-($3000-$2000)) lost from one contract‚ margin call will be have. This could happen when the price of the wheat increase by (1000/ 5000) =$0.2 the price of wheat must increase to (4.5+0.2) = $4.7 per bushel for there to be a margin call. $1‚500 can be withdraw from the margin account‚ this will happen if the futures price fall to (1‚ 500 / 5‚000) = $0.3 to (4.5 – 0.3) $42 per bushel. 4.25 (a) the six-month zero-coupon bond rate is calculated as follows: Rm=[m*(FV-PV)]/PV
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A common treasury: the Euro’s future The euro crisis is a direct consequence of the crash of 2008. When Lehman Brothers failed‚ the entire financial system started to collapse and had to be put on artificial life support. This took the form of substituting the sovereign credit of governments for the bank and other credit that had collapsed. At a memorable
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of Futures and Forward Markets 1. Which of the following is true (circle one) a) Both forward and futures contracts are traded on exchanges. b) Forward contracts are traded on exchanges‚ but futures contracts are not. c) Futures contracts are traded on exchanges‚ but forward contracts are not. d) Neither futures contracts nor forward contracts are traded on exchanges. 2. Which of the following is not true (circle one) a) Futures contracts
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Futures contract In finance‚ a futures contract is a standardized contract between two parties to exchange a specified asset of standardized quantity and quality for a price agreed today (the futures price or the strike price) but with delivery occurring at a specified future date‚ the delivery date. The contracts are traded on a futures exchange. The party agreeing to buy the underlying asset in the future‚ the "buyer" of the contract‚ is said to be "long"‚ and the party agreeing to sell the asset
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Intel shares. As indicated in the table below‚ the share price is $19.56 and January put option with a strike price of $17.50 costs $0.475. The investor is comparing two alternatives to limit downside risk. The first is to buy 1 January put option contract with a strike price of $17.50. The second involves instructing a broker to sell the 100 shares as soon as Intel’s price reaches $17.50. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the two strategies. Strike Price 15.00 17.50 20.00 22.50
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A futures contract is a commitment to make or take delivery of a specific quantity of a commodity or other financial obligation at a predetermined place and time in the future. All terms of the contract are standardized and established beforehand‚ except for the price‚ which is determined by open outcry in a pit or ring on the exchange trading floor of a commodity exchange. All contracts ultimately are settled either through liquidation (by offsetting purchases or sales) or by the delivery of the
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multiple choice question is worth ___ points) Circle the correct answer. If you change your answer‚ indicate the new choice to the left of the question and circle it. 1. Federal Funds are typically: a. Loan from a dealer that is collateralized by Treasury securities. b. Federal Reserve assets c. Loans from the Federal Reserve to banks d. Loans from banks to their “best” commercial customers e. Overnight loans settled in immediately available funds 2. Eurodollars are best associated with: a
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A PROJECT REPORT ON AN ANALYTICL STUDY OF DERIVATIVES IN FUTURES WITH REFERENCE TO UNICON SECURITIES Submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the Master of Business Administration [pic] I‚ under signed here by declare that the project report entitled “AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF DERIVATIVES IN FUTURES WITH REFERENCE TO UNICON SECURITIES”‚ and this project is submitted to XXXXXX‚ affiliated to XXXX‚ is drafted by me and is original work of my own.
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short forward position? Ans: When the enters into a long forward contract‚ he/she is agreeing to buy the underlying asset for a certain price at a certain time in future. When the enters into a short forward contract‚ he/she is agreeing to sell the underlying asset for a certain price at a certain time in future. 2. Explain carefully the difference between hedging‚ speculation‚ and arbitrage. Ans: A trader hedges when he/she has an exposure to the price of an asset and takes a position in a derivative
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