金融工程第二次习题

金融工程第二次习题1. An index is 1,200. The three-month risk-free rate is 3% per annum and the dividend yield over the next three months is 1.2% per annum. The six-month risk-free rate is 3.5% per annum and the dividend yield over the next six months is 1% per annum. Estimate the futures price of the index for three-month and six-month contracts. All interest rates and dividend yields are continuously compounded. 2. Under the terms of an interest rate swap, a financial institution has agreed to pay 10% per annum and to receive 3-month LIBOR in return on a notional principal of $100 million with payments being exchanged every 3 months. The swap has a remaining life of 14 months. The average of the bid and offer fixed rates currently being swapped for 3-month LIBOR is 12% per annum for all maturities. The 3-month LIBOR rate 1 month ago was 11.8% per annum. All rates are compounded quarterly. What is the value of the swap? 3. Company A, a British manufacturer, wishes to borrow US dollars at a fixed rate of interest. Company B, a US multinational, wishes to borrow sterling at a fixed rate of interest. They have been quoted the following rates per annum (adjusted for differential tax effects): Sterling US dollars Company A 11.0% 7.0% Company B 10.6% 6.2% Design a swap that will net a bank, acting as intermediary, 10 basis points per annum and that will produce a gain of 15 basis points per annum for each of the two companies. 4. Suppose that1c ,2c , and3c are the prices of European call options with strike prices1K ,2K, and3K , respectively, where3K >2K>1K and1223KKKK. All options have the same maturity. Show that 5. Consider an exchange-traded call option contract to buy 500 sha...