STATEMENT 1: Call options' value go up if the market perceives the underlying asset to be undervalued. STATEMENT 2: Put options' increase in value is parallel to the increase of risk of an investment. Both statements are true Both statements are false Only statement 1 is true Only statement 2 is true STATEMENT 1: Quantitative finance helps to allocate resources to provide the optimum returns. STATEMENT 2: Financial models are accurate. Both statements are true Both statements are false Only statement 1 is true Only statement 2 is true   Volatility of the financial markets can be measured using the historical prices of an investment while payoff values in the Monte Carlo Simulation are summed then discounted in today's value. True False   Risk free rate can be derived from a triple A rated commercial bonds and the estimated price of options is dependent on the expected return of an investor. True False   Black Scholes Model is a continuous time model. This model emphasizes the uncertainty of values of an investment. True False

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STATEMENT 1: Call options' value go up if the market perceives the underlying asset to be undervalued.

STATEMENT 2: Put options' increase in value is parallel to the increase of risk of an investment.

Both statements are true

Both statements are false

Only statement 1 is true

Only statement 2 is true

STATEMENT 1: Quantitative finance helps to allocate resources to provide the optimum returns.

STATEMENT 2: Financial models are accurate.

Both statements are true

Both statements are false

Only statement 1 is true

Only statement 2 is true

 

Volatility of the financial markets can be measured using the historical prices of an investment while payoff values in the Monte Carlo Simulation are summed then discounted in today's value.

True

False

 

Risk free rate can be derived from a triple A rated commercial bonds and the estimated price of options is dependent on the expected return of an investor.

True

False

 

Black Scholes Model is a continuous time model. This model emphasizes the uncertainty of values of an investment.

True

False

 

Monte Carlo methods is more advantageous with more uncertainties of data in the financial market. It can also be used for generating draws from a probability distribution.

False

True

 

If there's an expected down move of an investment, the difference should be multiplied with the probability and deducted from the overall up move, then, discounted back to get the price of options using the binomial model.

False

True

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