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Consider a capital market with two securities. The payoffs of these securities in the two equally likely states of the world are given in the table below. Payoff Security State 1 State 2 Price PA = 2 A PB = 3 B 4 3 2 4 1. Discuss the concepts of complete capital markets, pure (Arrow-Debreu) securities, and pure factor portfolios. Establish whether the capital market in this case is complete and determine the prices of the pure securities by arbitrage. 2. Using the arbitrage principle, determine the prices of a put option on stock A with an exercise price of $4 and a call option on stock B with an exercise price of $2. 3. Consider an investor who wants to invest the amount of WO-$10 in the stock market. The investor's utility depends on future wealth W and is given by U(W) = In(W). Write down the expected utility function of this investor and determine the optimal portfolio of securities A and B. Discuss (1) the key components of the portfolio choice model, in particular the factors that determine the demand for individual assets, (2) how the optimal portfolio would change if the investor is allowed to invest also in the put option on stock A. Consider a capital market with two securities. The payoffs of these securities in the two equally likely states of the world are given in the table below. Payoff Security State 1 State 2 Price PA = 2 A PB = 3 B 4 3 2 4 1. Discuss the concepts of complete capital markets, pure (Arrow-Debreu) securities, and pure factor portfolios. Establish whether the capital market in this case is complete and determine the prices of the pure securities by arbitrage. 2. Using the arbitrage principle, determine the prices of a put option on stock A with an exercise price of $4 and a call option on stock B with an exercise price of $2. 3. Consider an investor who wants to invest the amount of WO-$10 in the stock market. The investor's utility depends on future wealth W and is given by U(W) = In(W). Write down the expected utility function of this investor and determine the optimal portfolio of securities A and B. Discuss (1) the key components of the portfolio choice model, in particular the factors that determine the demand for individual assets, (2) how the optimal portfolio would change if the investor is allowed to invest also in the put option on stock A.

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