The current price of a stock is $55. In 1 year, the price will be either $50
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The current price of a stock is $55. In 1 year, the price will be either $50 or $65. The annual risk-free rate is 5.5%. The stock has an exercise price of $60 and expires in 1 year.
a. Find the range of values for the ending stock price and the call option at the option’s expiration in 1 year.
b. Equalize the range of payoffs for the stock and the option.
c. Create a risk less hedged investment. What is the value of the portfolio in 1 year?
d. What is the cost of the stock in the risk less portfolio?
e. What is the present value of the risk less portfolio?
f. From your answers in parts d and e, what is the value of the firm’s call option?
PortfolioA portfolio is a grouping of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies and cash equivalents, as well as their fund counterparts, including mutual, exchange-traded and closed funds. A portfolio can also consist of non-publicly...
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Fundamentals of Financial Management
ISBN: 978-1337395250
15th edition
Authors: Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
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