Principles of Managerial Finance
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Author: Gitman
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Chapter 17, Problem 17.23P
Summary Introduction
To determine:
Whether profiting on the collapse of the firm through hedging is ethical or not.
Introduction:
The hedging is a different type of investment made by the investors to reduce their risk of the adverse price effects on the asset.
The options are the financial statements that provides its holders an opportunity to sell or buy an asset at a specified period of time before the expiry of the statement.
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