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Suppose that you own 5,000 shares worth $25 each. How can put options be used to provide you with insurance against a decline in the value of your holding over the next 4 months? 1.11. When first issued, a stock provides funds for a company. Is the same true of a stock option? Discuss. 1.12. Explain why a futures contract can be used for either speculation or hedging. 1.13. Suppose that a March call option to buy a share for $50 costs $2.50 and is held until March. Under what circumstances will the holder of the option make a profit? Under what circumstances will the option be exercised? Draw a diagram illustrating how the profit from a long position in the option depends on the stock price at maturity of the option. 1.14. Suppose that a June put option to sell a share for $60 costs $4 and is held until June. Under what circumstances will the seller of the option (i.e., the party with the short position) make a profit? Under what circumstances will the option be exercised? Draw a diagram illustrating how the profit from a short position in the option depends on the stock price at maturity of the option. 1.15. It is May and a trader writes a September call option with a strike price of $20. The stock price is $18 and the option price is $2. Describe the trader's cash flows if the option is held until September and the stock price is $25 at that time.

1.16. A trader writes a December put option with a strike price of $30. The price of the option is $4. Under what circumstances does the trader make a gain? 1.17. A company knows that it is due to receive a certain amount of a foreign currency in 4 months. What type of option contract is appropriate for hedging? 1.18. A U.S. company expects to have to pay 1 million Canadian dollars in 6 months. Explain how the exchange rate risk can be hedged using (a) a forward contract and (b) an option. 1.19. A trader enters into a short forward contract on 100 million yen. The forward exchange rate is $0.0090 per yen. How much does the trader gain or lose if the exchange rate at the end of the contract is (a) $0.0084 per yen and (b) $0.0101 per yen? 1.20. The CME Group offers a futures contract on long-term Treasury bonds. Characterize the traders likely to use this contract. 1.21. ''Options and futures are zero-sum games.'' What do you think is meant by this? 1.22. Describe the profit from the following portfolio: a long forward contract on an asset and a long European put option on the asset with the same maturity as the forward contract and a strike price that is equal to the forward price of the asset at the time the portfolio is set up.

D Question 12 Mrs Moneybags goes to her financial advisor who offers her the following stocks: Stock Coca-Cola Co Beta 0.92 JPMorgan Chase and Co 1.13 Expected Return 9.88% 11.65% 7 pts Assume these securities are priced correctly by the market based on the Capital Asset Pricing Model. (a) What is the risk-free rate? [5 marks] (b) What is the expected return on the market? [2 marks]