Econ 414 RP2
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Econ 414 RP2
I. Employee Stock Options
Your working for Facebook and are offered 10,000 shares of stock options at exercise price given in your template. Use the excel template to compare the following strategies
(1)Exercise and purchase all stock each vesting period and then sell all shares at a Jan 18 price of$186.89
(2)Exercise and then sell all stocks at each vesting period market price
(3)Exercise all stock at each vesting period, sell enough shares at market price to cover your cost each year, only if your option is ITM,and in Jan 18 you sell all remaining shares at Jan 18 price $189.89
Make sure you extract the Market price as the close price first day of Jan of that year from the link provided in the excel template
Note profits realized after 1 year are taxed at 15% CG tax
Ⅱ . DAX Index Equity Swap
You must reformulate the DAX Index equity swap. The swap initiated on March 12017 with a DAX Index value of 12,067.19
Swap construct:Notional amount of 100 mil EUR is fixed
Fund manager pays 3 month EURIBOR+2%
Fund manager receives % return on DAX
payments occur quarterly for 1 year
Return on DAX
Dealer
3M EURIBOR + %
Find a. DAX Index close value on June 1,Sep 1 and Dec12017
b.3month Euribor values on June 1,Sep 1 and Dec 12017
Calculate
a. Fund payments, Fund receipts and the Fund's quarterly net value for Q1,2 and 3
(Reminder only the net payment switches hands i.e. What the fund receives minus what it pays)
b. The total net payment for the lifetime of the swap
c. The return on 100 mill EUR invested at the March 12017 DAX index value as of Q3 DAX index value
ⅢⅢ. Price Weighted AgriculturalIndex
You decide to construct a price weighted agricultural index using the following assets
May 2017 Futures prices for: Corn, Soybeans, Chicago SRW Wheat, Oats, SMG stock and MOS stock. Describe SMG and MOS firms
Find a.the prices for each asset on date 9/1/2017(futures May contract as noted in the excel.)
b. index total
c.weights in the index
d.the divisor needed to initialize index value of 100
Find a.the prices as of 1/2/2018
b. index total
d.New index value(hint keep the divisor constant)
e.3 month index return
f. 3 month SMG return
g. 3 month MOS return
Note:make sure you check the price units some are in cents/lb or $/bushel, I am looking for price to be expressed in $/unit.You do not need to convert units only express price in $/unit.
IV. Extra: Dual Listing vs Dual Classes
Review the following articles and answer the questionnaire True/False statements
>Support for Dual-Class Stock
>Fight for Saudi Aramco listing
>Direct listings: an alternative to IPOs
2023-02-25