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Real Options
The real options method represents a new technique for the valuation and management of strategic investments (capital budgeting decisions). American put option valuation techniques are...
A number of acronyms have been developed to shorten references to commonly used entities. Some of them are explained here.
ARM
Adjustable Rate Mortgage
CMT
Constant Maturity Treasury, An index of...
Barrier option is a type of financial option where the option to exercise depends on the underlying crossing or reaching a given barrier price. Barrier options exist in many forms. They are similar...
My Research Project "Credit Risk Management Tools for Commercial Banks" is posted in the files. Happy reading everybody!!!
Bermudan Option
Bermudan option is a type of option that can only be exercised on predetermined dates, e.g. at 1st of each month. It falls somewhere between European option (which can be exercised...
Binary option
Definition: A binary option is a type of option where there are only two possible outcomes - the payoff is either some fixed amount of asset or nothing at all.
Types: (1) The...
At each step two outcomes are possible, one up and one down.
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Outcomes at each node can be found from:
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Call premium can be found from:
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To estimate the premium of a call option, one can use the Black & Scholes model, shown here:
(1)
where
(2)
C
call premium
S
stock underlying option
K
Exercise price
T
Time until call...
To estimate the premium of a call option on a futures contract, one can use Black's model, shown here:
(1)
where
(2)
C
call premium
F
futures underlying option
K
Exercise price
t
Time...
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Real Options
Real option is an alternative that becomes available with a business investment opportunity. Unlike the option which is a derivative of an underlier, real option is an actual choice...
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Commodity Swap:
Swap in which at least one set of payments is based on the price of a commodity. The other set of payments can be either fixed or determined by some other floating price or rate....
Compounds options in a basic sense are an option on an option. Each compound option has two strike prices and two expiration dates. There are also two option premiums, one paid upfront and the...
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Contact Options –
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What is Credit Default Swap?
Credit default swaps (CDS) like insurance contracts that intend to recover losses on assets such as municipal bonds, corporate debt and mortgage securities sold by...
Currency Swap Valuation
Currency swap involves exchanging both, principal and interest payments (unlike interest rate swap which involves only exchanging the interest payments, i.e. principal is...
Credit default swaps
Ash is working on this type of swap!
This is a swap in which the cash flows from one index are exchanged with cash flows from another index. What makes this swap a delayed swap is that the start...
The explanation of differential swap is included in the attached world document. Calculation of the swap value is included in the attached excel document.
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Down-and-Out Options
Nicole Voelker
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Barrier Options – an option that’s existence is dependent on the underlying security hitting a particular trigger price.
Knock-Out Options –...
Equity Swaps
"Equity swap is an exchange of cash flows between two parties that allows each party to diversify its income, while still holding its original assets. The two sets of nominally equal...
Barrier options
Bermudian option
Binary or digital option
Chooser options
Compound options
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Lookback options
One-touch option
Paylater or contingent options
Quanto or quantity...
Real options to expand can be used by young companies or existing companies who are looking to make an investment in new areas. With an expansion option, a company invests in an initial project...
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Valuing a Forward Contract
To estimate the premium of a call option on a currency contract, one can use the Garman Kohlhagen model, shown here:
(1)
where
(2)
C
call premium
S
spot exchange rate underlying...
Evaluation of foreign exchange hedging costs in Slovakia
Executive Summary
Slovakia decided to adopt EURO currency on January 1, 2009, thus giving up own currency and own monetary policy. This act...
Attached is my Real Option Report - Tyler Henderson
"The merger risk evaluation of Bank of America with Countrywide Finance and Merrill Lynch" research paper is attached in the file.
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FAS 52 Accounting for Foreign Exchange Exposure
Statement 133 Implementation (Derivatives)
Summary of Statement No. 157 Fair Value...
Interest Rate Swaps
Interest rate swaps are often by investors who expect a change in the interest rates. Interest rates swaps can be fixed or floating rates. The rates are tied to an individual...
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A lookback option, also known as a hindsight option is a path dependent option where the payoff is determined by the maximum or minimum asset price achieved during the entire life of the option....
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Currency Risk Management & Corporate Strategy
Exchange Rate Risk Management Strategies Before and After the Economic Downturn
Ron Murray
Nick Roth
FIN 627 – FALL 2009
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Off-market swap
In this type of swap, a premium is built into the swap price to fund the purchase of options or to allow for the restructuring of a hedge portfolio. Off-market swaps are generally...
One Hour Investment
By Chinh Pham
Date: 10/6/09
Summary:
Investing in mutual funds can be extremely difficult for the average investors due to the high number of funds, lack of clear sell guidance,...
One touch Option
A type of exotic option that gives an investor a payout once the price of the underlying asset reaches or surpasses a predetermined barrier. This type of option allows the investor...
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Rainbow option is a single option that has multiple underlying assets. For an investor dealing in rainbow option to make money, all the underlying assets must move in the same intended...
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Counterparties exchange a payment determined by the differential between interest rates calculated by two different methods.
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Topics in financial risk management
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Identify a chapter from the text that you wish to cover. It should have a rationale that leads to some benefit for you and others. Explain why you would want to cover that topic and what...
File on research project "Steel - pricing volatility and managing risk" is enclosed.
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Outsourcing Financial Risk Management
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Nicole Turner
October 7, 2009
In today’s business world it is inevitable that...
The following formula can be used to determine the forward rate in T years:
(1)
F0
Forward rate
S0
Spot rate
rf
Risk-free rate
T
Time until Majurity
Forward Rate: An agreed-upon price at...
Volatility
Volatility (standard deviation) is the square root of the variance (the amount of "noise", risk or variability in the stock price)
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