Questions from Corporate Finance

Q: You are going to borrow $250m at a floating rate for

You are going to borrow $250m at a floating rate for 5 years. You wish to protect yourself against borrowing rates greater than 10.5%. Using each tree, what is the price of a 5-year interest rate cap?...

Q: Consider the widget investment problem outlined in Section 17.1.

Consider the widget investment problem outlined in Section 17.1. Show the following in a spreadsheet. a. Compute annual widget prices for the next 50 years. b. For each year, compute the net present v...

Q: Repeat the previous problem, assuming that default correlations are 0.

Repeat the previous problem, assuming that default correlations are 0.25. Repeat the previous problem, Following Table 27.10, compute the prices of first, second, and Nth-to-default bonds assuming th...

Q: The profit calculation in the chapter assumes that you borrow at a

The profit calculation in the chapter assumes that you borrow at a fixed interest rate to finance investments. An alternative way to borrow is to short-sell stock. What complications would arise in ca...

Q: Suppose the S&P 500 currently has a level of 875

Suppose the S&P 500 currently has a level of 875. The continuously compounded return on a 1-year T-bill is 4.75%. You wish to hedge an $800,000 portfolio that has a beta of 1.1 and a correlation of 1....

Q: Suppose the September Eurodollar futures contract has a price of 96.

Suppose the September Eurodollar futures contract has a price of 96.4. You plan to borrow $50m for 3 months in September at LIBOR, and you intend to use the Eurodollar contract to hedge your borrowing...

Q: Suppose that to buy either a call or a put option you

Suppose that to buy either a call or a put option you pay the quoted ask price, denoted Ca(K, T ) and Pa(K, T ), and to sell an option you receive the bid, Cb(K, T ) and Pb(K, T ). Similarly, the ask...

Q: Suppose that the exchange rate is $0.92/=C

Suppose that the exchange rate is $0.92/=C. Let r$ = 4%, and r=C = 3%, u = 1.2, d = 0.9, T = 0.75, n = 3, and K = $0.85. a. What is the price of a 9-month European call? b. What is the price of a 9-mo...

Q: Suppose S = $100, K = $95, r

Suppose S = $100, K = $95, r = 8% (continuously compounded), t = 1, σ = 30%, and δ = 5%. Explicitly construct an eight-period binomial tree using the Cox-Ross- Rubinstein expressions for u and d:

Q: Assume r = 8%, σ = 30%, δ = 0

Assume r = 8%, σ = 30%, δ = 0. In doing the following calculations, use a stock price range of $60–$140, stock price increments of $5, and two different times to expiration: 1 year and 1 day. Consider...