Fiance derivatives questions

FIN 532 Group Project Number 2

Instructions:

1. After you are done, submit your answers to Blackboard. Please submit it as a solution to the assignment.
2. Attempt all the parts on the assignment.
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4. A grade of zero will be assigned to all essay questions without a proper citation for all sources of information.

Best of luck on the test.

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Problem 1.

An individual entire wealth is from one stock. The current value of the stock is $55, and the individual owns one million shares. This individual purchased puts on the stock with an exercise price of $52 to protect his wealth. He bought enough puts to protect his entire holdings of this stock. The expiration of the put is 4 years. Immediately after buying the puts he was appointed to a 4-year government position and was told that if want to stay in the government position his return over the next two years must exactly equal the risk-free rate. The risk-free rate is 10%. You have been asked to construct a spread that will provide the investor with a return over the next two years that exactly equals the return from the risk-free return on his stock holdings. You can only buy the minimum number of needed derivatives given the investors current holdings. A speculator is willing to sell or buy from you any option with any strike price with a two- year exercise.

Part 1.(Worth 20 points)

Describe in detail the derivatives you would utilize to achieve the desired payoff.

Part 2.(Worth 20 points)

Draw the payoff graph for the spread.

Part 3.(Worth 20 points)

Show the detailed payoffs from each derivative at all relevant stock price ranges.

Problem 2.(Worth 20 points)

Suppose the price of a stock is $28, the risk-free interest rate is 10%, and the price of a European call option on the stock with a one-year expiration and a strike price of $26 is $5.

Part a.

What is the arbitrage opportunity if the stock does not pay dividends?

Part b.

What is the arbitrage opportunity if the stock pays $2 dividends per year? The dividends are paid at the end of the year.

Problem 3. (Worth 20 points)

Assume that the stock does not pay dividends.

Part a.

What are the arbitrage possibilitiesfor the stock in Part 4 of this assignment whenp = 3.25?

Part b.

What are the arbitrage possibilities for the stock in Part 4 of this assignment whenp = 0.50?