Consider the price of a stock that either moves up 17% or moves down 13% with equal
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Consider the price of a stock that either moves up 17% or moves down 13% with equal probability every year. Part of the compensation of the CEO of this company is 150,000 3-year call option contracts on the stock price. The strike price of each option contract is $115. This stock has no options in the market. The CFO must design a portfolio (stock, risk-free bond) to replicate the payoff of the options. Assume that the risk-free rate is flat at 4%, and the current stock price is $100. Use annual binomial trees.
How many shares of the stock the CFO must hold every year to replicate the option payoff?
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Income Tax Fundamentals 2013
ISBN: 9781285586618
31st Edition
Authors: Gerald E. Whittenburg, Martha Altus Buller, Steven L Gill
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