PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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Chapter 21, Problem 19PS
American options The price of Moria Mining stock is $100. During each of the next two six-month periods the price may either rise by 25% or fall by 20% (equivalent to a standard deviation of 31.5% a year). At month 6, the company will pay a dividend of $20. The interest rate is 10% per six-month period. What is the value of a one-year American call option with an exercise price of $80? Now recalculate the option value, assuming that the dividend is equal to 20% of the with-dividend stock price.
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Ch. 21 - Binomial model Over the coming year, Ragworts...Ch. 21 - Binomial model Imagine that Amazons stock price...Ch. 21 - Prob. 3PSCh. 21 - Binomial model Suppose a stock price can go up by...Ch. 21 - Prob. 6PSCh. 21 - Two-step binomial model Suppose that you have an...Ch. 21 - Prob. 8PSCh. 21 - Option delta a. Can the delta of a call option be...Ch. 21 - Option delta Suppose you construct an option hedge...Ch. 21 - BlackScholes model Use the BlackScholes formula to...
Ch. 21 - Option risk A call option is always riskier than...Ch. 21 - Option risk a. In Section 21-3, we calculated the...Ch. 21 - Prob. 16PSCh. 21 - Prob. 18PSCh. 21 - American options The price of Moria Mining stock...Ch. 21 - American options Suppose that you own an American...Ch. 21 - American options Recalculate the value of the...Ch. 21 - American options The current price of the stock of...Ch. 21 - American options Other things equal, which of...Ch. 21 - Option exercise Is it better to exercise a call...Ch. 21 - Option delta Use the put-call parity formula (see...Ch. 21 - Option delta Show how the option delta changes as...Ch. 21 - Dividends Your company has just awarded you a...Ch. 21 - Option risk Calculate and compare the risk (betas)...Ch. 21 - Option risk In Section 21-1, we used a simple...Ch. 21 - Prob. 30PS
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