000 = $62‚500 to protect itself from credit risk and adverse fluctuations in property prices. We buy back the asset money over a long horizon of time by reducing our mortgage through annuity payments. 2. What do hedge funds do: (a) Hedge? (b) Speculate? (c) Arbitrage? (d) None of the above Answer: (a)‚ (b)‚ (c) 3. During the growing season a corn farmer sells short corn futures contracts in an amount equal to her crop. If after
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1. Should Disney hedge its yen royalty cash flow? Why or why not? If so‚ how much should be hedged and over what time period? Yes‚ Walt Disney Company should hedge its royalty cash flow to protect against currency fluctuations. The company has revenues in Yen and does not have expenses in Yen. Thus it would be converting the Yen to Dollar and so is exposed to foreign exchange risk. The value of Yen has declined recently and it is difficult to forecast what the value could be in the future
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contemplating on the allowance of foreign funds into the commodity market. Our paper discusses this issue in detail by identifying the pros and consequences. We have first identified the basic definition of hedge fund and its characteristics while operating in the commodity market .The similarities between hedge fund and mutual fund are also discussed. In India‚ the main rationale behind the commodity market was to provide a hedging option to the consumers or farmers against the future price variations due
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5. Suppose the firm pays taxes at a rate of 40% for all its cash flow in excess of $300. The value of the firm is the expected discounted value of its cash flow less the expected discounted value of bankruptcy costs and taxes that it pays. The firm can hedge by buying/selling forward contracts on gold. Start by assuming that bankruptcy costs are zero. (a) Find the value of the unhedged unlevered firm. (10 points) Answer: 1 · [350 − 0.5 · 0.4 · (500 − 300)] = 295.238. Value of firm = 1.05 (b) Find the value
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WBC/NAB Comparison WBC has a higher Average ROE of 17.93% compared to NAB’s Average ROE of 16.03% during the 5 year duration period from 2003-2007. This is due to WBC’s ROA of 1.09% being higher than NAB’s ROA of 1.05%. While profitability of WBC is higher than NAB’s‚ NAB’s financial leverage was greater than WBC’s thus producing a higher ROE. NAB also has a higher Net Income compared to WBC. WBC has a higher Average Expense Multiplier of 16.42 compared to NAB of 15.31 as WBC has lower operating
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Financial Risk Management Financial Risk Management Assignment 1 Tutor: Thanh Nguyen Tutorial Time: 12pm (ED1 401) Vaishnav Dhimaan (15902398) Vipul Joshi (15905149) Financial Risk Management‚ FIN3FRM Semester 2‚ 2012 Assignment 1 Q.1 An investor enters into a short forward contract to sell 100‚000 British pounds for U.S. dollars at an exchange rate of 1.9000 U.S. dollars per pound. How much
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their donators‚ supporters‚ governments and whalers and how exactly it delivers effective communication overall. A comparison of overall effectiveness with other non-for-profit organisations such as Amnesty International Australia‚ the CFA and the Westpac Life Saver Helicopter Foundation will made as each of the organisations use their websites‚ Twitter‚ Facebook‚ YouTube and even television to promote their cause. Each organisation will show a level of importance in the sense of developing a relationship
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risk (c) Volatility risk (d) None of above 9. A farmer produces wheat. He has an inherent (a) Short position in the wheat (b) Long position in the wheat (c) Neutral position in the wheat (d) Unknown position in the wheat 10. The farmer could hedge his position by (a) Short a put on wheat (b) Long wheat forward (c) Short wheat forward (d) Long a call on wheat 11. A bakery uses wheat to make bread. He has an inherent (a) Short position in the wheat (b) Long position in the wheat
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Ford Swaps Accounting Over Interest Rates Section 404 requirements were implemented by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2004. Section 404 reporting on internal controls required many large filers to restate financial statements in order to correct misstatements. This report will focus on Ford Motor Company‚ and how they were affected by the new accounting rules. More specifically‚ it will discuss why restatements of Ford’s financials were necessary‚ and who prompted the change. Then‚ it will discuss
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