The firm is Costco Wholesale Corporation. Please provide the following.

a. Does your firm have options? Explain an (1) options transaction on your firms stock. You may select any single day from this term. Do not use this months maturity cycle. What can you tell about the markets forecast of the stock price from the options transactions? How are options issued by the firm related to executive compensation? Explain this. Do options help mitigate agency problems? (chapter 1 content) Analyze the information you have provided. What do the volume and range of strike prices on the options tell you?

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