4. Which of the following statements about the current value of a short European call option on Warwick plc stock, a non-dividend-paying stock, is/are true? (a) The current value of a short European call option is less than or equal to zero. (b) The current value of a short European call option decreases as the volatility of returns on Warwick plc stock increases, holding all else constant. (c) The current value of a short European call option decreases as the price of Warwick plc stock increases, holding all else constant. *

4. Which of the following statements about the current value of a short European call option on Warwick plc stock, a non-dividend-paying stock, is/are true? (a) The current value of a short European call option is less than or equal to zero. (b) The current value of a short European call option decreases as the volatility of returns on Warwick plc stock increases, holding all else constant. (c) The current value of a short European call option decreases as the price of Warwick plc stock increases, holding all else constant. *

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8. Is the following statement correct, wrong or partially correc? Why? "If the volatility of Stock A is higher than that of Stock B, the expected return of Stock A should be higher than that of Stock B." [8]
If the stock price increases, the price of a put option on that stock ________ and that of a call option _________. decreases, increases decreases, decreases increases, decreases increases, increases
3 You are given the following information on some company's stock, as well as the risk- free asset. Use it to calculate the price of the call option written on that stock, as well as the price of the put option. (HINT: You should use the Black-Scholes formula!) (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Today's stock - $77 price = Exercise price = $75 Risk-free rate = Option maturity = 5 months Standard deviation of annual stock returns Call price Put price $ $ 3.4% per year, compounded continuously = 59% per year 3.61 x 0.56 X 1
What is the difference between the long and the short positions in a contract for the future delivery of the S&P 500 stock index? If you expect stock prices to fall, do you buy or sell stock index futures?View Solution: What is the difference between the long and the short
The buyer of a call option on stock benefits if the underlying stock price rises or if the volatility of the stock's price increases. Select one: True False
You hold a portfolio of an asset-or-nothing call and a cash-or-nothing put option written on a stock that does not pay dividends. The strike price of the options is the same. The payout of the cash-or- nothing option if it is exercised equals the strike price. Your portfolio is equivalent to O A plain-vanilla call option. O None of the other answers are correct. O A covered call position, i.e., a long stock + short plain vanilla call. O A plain-vanilla put option. O A protective put position, i.e., a long stock + long put option.
A) Does this model satisfy the no-arbitrage assumption? B) Calculate the risk-neutral probabilities of up and down movements in the share price. C) Determine the no-arbitrage price of a European call option on the share with strike price K=70 and expiry time T=2.
____________ is the most profitable transaction to undertake in a stock-index option, if the stock market is expected to fall substantially after the transaction is completed.

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