Using the file attached: Explain the unique aspects of the shadow banking business model. What type of institutions comprise this industry? What is the funding profile of these types of institutions? Why does shadow banking exist? What gaps does it fill in the economy? What are the advantages of the shadow banking industry? What are … Read more
The Task: Create an 5-8 slide PowerPoint for something you can teach us! Like how to teach your cat to use the toilet, how to crochet a wool hat ( something useful for the rest of us ). It can be silly or serious. Incorporate some fictitious (but plausible) data in the form of graphs, … Read more
Questions 1. Protos, Inc., has no debt outstanding and a total market value of $300,000. Earnings before interest and taxes, EBIT, are projected to be $25,000 if economic conditions are normal. If there is strong expansion in the economy, then EBIT will be 25 percent higher. If there is a recession, then EBIT will … Read more
“Is it the leader or is it the context? Paradox – One of the oldest and most debated paradoxes is the fascinating debate as to whether history is shaped by heroic change agents or whether leaders and their followers are primarily and more decisively shaped by their times, by events, and by the economic, social, … Read more
Task In this assignment, you will solve problems about Interest Rate Futures, Forwards, and Swaps. Instructions Use your textbook to answer the following questions from Chapter 23: Exercise 16 and 17. Please, upload xls, xlsx file. Please, use the full computing power of Excel. 16. Two firms X and Y are able to borrow … Read more
Task In this assignment, you will solve problems about Options Trading using the “Greek” parameters. Instructions Use your textbook to answer the following questions from Chapter 17: Exercise 25, 26, 27, 31. Please, upload xls, xlsx file. Please, use the full computing power of Excel. 25. Suppose a stock is currently trading at 100. … Read more
Task In this assignment, you will implement the Binomial Model, the Black & Scholes Model. Instructions Use your textbook to answer the following questions from Chapter 14: Exercise 14 and 15. Please, upload xls, xlsx file. Please, use the full computing power of Excel. 14. stock is currently trading at $24.35. Consider call and put … Read more
Task In this assignment, you will solve problems on Binomial Option Pricing. Instructions Use your textbook to answer the following questions from Chapter 11: Exercise 9, 10, and 19. Please, upload xls, xlsx file. Please, use the full computing power of Excel. 9. You are given the following data about options: S = 60, K … Read more
Task In this assignment, you will solve problems on No-arbitrage Restrictions, Early Exercise and Put-Call Parity. Instructions Use your textbook to answer the following questions from Chapter 10: Exercise 21 and 22. Please, upload xls, xlsx file. Please, use the full computing power of Excel. 21. stock is trading at S = 50. There … Read more
Task In this assignment, you will solve problems about Payoffs and Trading Strategies. Instructions Use your textbook to answer the following question from Chapter 8: Exercise 18 Please, upload xls, xlsx file. Please, use the full computing power of Excel. 18. The options for Microsoft (stock price $25.84) are trading at the following prices: … Read more