Problem 20-6 on Call Options based on Chapter 20 You own a call option on Intuit stock with a strike price of $40. The option will expire in exactly 3 months’ time. a.If the stock is trading at $55 in 3 months, what will be the payoff of the call? b.If the stock is trading at $35 in 3 months, what will be the payoff of the call? c.Draw a payoff diagram showing the value of the call at expiration as a function of the stock price at expiration Problem 20-8 on Put Options based on Chapter 20 You own a put option on Ford stock with a strike price of $10. The option will expire in exactly 6 months’ time. a.If the stock is trading at $8 in 6 months, what will be the payoff of the put? Problem 20-11 on Return on Options based on Chapter 20 Consider the September 2012 IBM call and put options in Problem 20-3. Ignoring any interest you might earn over the remaining few days’ life of the options, consider the following. a.Compute the break-even IBM stock price for each option (i.e., the stock price at which your total profit from buying and then exercising the option would be 0). Problem 21-12 on Option Valuation using the Black Scholes model based on Chapter 21 Rebecca is interested in purchasing a European call on a hot new stock”�Up, Inc. The call has a strike price of $100 and expires in 90 days. The current price of Up stock is $120, and the stock has a standard deviation of 40% per year. The risk-free interest rate is 6.18% per year. Using the Black-Scholes formula, compute the price of the call Problem 30-14 on Swaps based on Chapter 30 Your firm needs to raise $100 million in funds. You can borrow short-term at a spread of 1% over LIBOR. Alternatively, you can issue 10-year, fixed-rate bonds at a spread of 2.50% over 10-year treasuries, which currently yield 7.60%. Current 10-year interest rate swaps are quoted at LIBOR versus the 8% fixed rate. Management believes that the firm is currently “underrated”� and that its credit rating is likely to improve in the next year or two. Nevertheless, the managers are not comfortable with the interest rate risk associated with using short-term debt. a.Suggest a strategy for borrowing the $100 million. What is your effective borrowing rate? Problem 30-6 on Futures Contract based on Chapter 30 Your utility company will need to buy 100,000 barrels of oil in 10 days, and it is worried about fuel costs. Suppose you go long 100 oil futures contracts, each for 1,000 barrels of oil, at the current futures price of $60 per barrel. Suppose futures prices change each day as follows
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