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Momo, a fast-growing company, will make an earnings announcement three months from now. But you do not know whether it will be positive or negative (i.e., the stock price will go up or down). The current price of the stock is $30 per share. A three-month call with an exercise price of $30 costs $5. A put with the same exercise price and expiration date costs $5.
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- You strongly believe that the price of Breener Inc. stock will rise substantially from its current level of $137, and you are considering buying shares in the company. You currently have $13,700 to invest. As an alternative to purchasing the stock itself, you are also considering buying call options on Breener stock that expire in three months and have an exercise price of $140. These call options cost $10 each. a. Compare and contrast the size of the potential payoff and the risk involved in each of these alternatives. b. Calculate the three-month rate of return on both strategies assuming that at the option expiration date Breener's stock price has (1) increased to $155 or (2) decreased to $135. c. At what stock price level will the person who sells you the Breener call option break even? Can you determine the maximum loss that the call option seller may suffer, assuming that he does not already own Breener stock?5.You would like to speculate on a rise in the price of a certain stock. The current stock price is $30 and a 3-month call with a strike price of $32 costs $3. You have $6000 to invest. Identify two alternative investment strategies, one in the stock and the other in an option on the stock (Tell me exactly what you would do in each strategy and calculate the total profit for different stock prices. How many shares/options you would buy/sell?) Strategy 2 (option): Stock price (ST) in the $20 $25 $30 $32 $35 $40 $45 market Option value (Pay off) Premium Profit from strategy 2 a) Would you buy or sell call options? b) How many call options would you buy or sell? c) How will you make money?You would like to be holding a protective put position on the stock of XYZ Company to lock in a guaranteed minimum value of $105 at year-end. XYZ currently sells for $105. Over the next year, the stock price will increase by 9% or decrease by 9%. The T-bill rate is 7%. Unfortunately, no put options are traded on XYZ Company. Required: Suppose the desired put option were traded. How much would it cost to purchase? What would have been the cost of the protective put portfolio? What portfolio position in stock and T-bills will ensure you a payoff equal to the payoff that would be provided by a protective put with X = 105? Show that the payoff to this portfolio and the cost of establishing the portfolio match those of the desired protective put.
- The current price of XYZ stock is $50, and two-month European call options with a strike price of $51 currently sell for $10. As a financial analyst at Merrill Lynch, you are considering two trading strategies regarding stocks and options. Strategy A involves buying 100 shares and Strategy B includes buying 500 call options. Both strategies involve an investment of $5,000.a. How much is the profit (loss) for strategy A if the stock closes at $65?(sample answer: $100.25 or -$100.25) b. How much is the profit (loss) for strategy B if the stock closes at $65? (sample answer: $100.25 or -$100.25) c.How high does the stock price have to rise for strategy B to be more profitable (break-even point)? (sample answer: $100.25)You would like to be holding a protective put position on the stock of XYZ Company to lock in a guaranteed minimum value of $102 at year-end. XYZ currently sells for $102. Over the next year, the stock price will increase by 7% or decrease by 7%. The T-bill rate is 4%. Unfortunately, no put options are traded on XYZ Company. Required: a. Suppose the desired put option were traded. How much would it cost to purchase? b. What would have been the cost of the protective put portfolio? c. What portfolio position in stock and T-bills will ensure you a payoff equal to the payoff that would be provided by a protective put with X=102? Show that the payoff to this portfolio and the cost of establishing the portfolio match those of the desired protective put. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B Required C What portfolio position in stock and T-bills will ensure you a payoff equal to the payoff that would be provided by a protective put with…You would like to be holding a protective put position on the stock of XYZ Company to lock in a guaranteed minimum value of $108 at year-end. XYZ currently sells for $108. Over the next year, the stock price will increase by 12% or decrease by 12%. The T-bill rate is 4%. Unfortunately, no put options are traded on XYZ Company. Required: a. Suppose the desired put option were traded. How much would it cost to purchase? b. What would have been the cost of the protective put portfolio? c. What portfolio position in stock and T-bills will ensure you a payoff equal to the payoff that would be provided by a protective put with X=108? Show that the payoff to this portfolio and the cost of establishing the portfolio match those of the desired protective put. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B Required C Suppose the desired put option were traded. How much would it cost to purchase? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your…
