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MATH Y2¢ 2012 Frae@
(1) For which values of the interest rate it is better to receive $100
immediately and $120 after two years than to receive $110 im-
mediately and $ 100 after two years?
(2) A certain stock will either gain 20% or loose 10% during the
first period and either gain 10% or loose 10% during the second
period. The interest rate is 3% per period. The present price of
the stock is $ 100. Find the no arbitrage price of the European
put option with strike price $ 97 and expiration time 2 periods
(3) Certain stock pays 2% in dividents twice a year: on January
lst and July Ist. The stock price between the payments fol-
lows geometric Brownian Motion with drift parameter 0.03 and
volatility 0.2. The interest rate is 5% per year. Find the price
of the call option with strike price $100 and expiration time 9
‘months if the price of the stock on the date of sale is $ 99 and
the date of sale is
(a) August 1; (b) December 1.
(4) You have $ 100. You can participate in a gamble in which
you win an amount $a with probability 0.8 and loose the same
amount with probability 0.2. How much money should you bet.
if your utility function equals 2/9?