In 1993, the Chicago Board Options Exchange introduced the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) which measured the 30-day implied volatility from at-the-money options of the S&P 100. In 2003 CBOE and Goldman Sachs updated the VIX. Now the new VIX is based on the S&P 500 index and estimates the expected volatility by averaging the weighted prices of S&P 500 puts and calls over a large range of strike prices and at two nearby maturities. CBOE used this methodology and back-calculated the VIX since 1990 using historical options price. The CBOE Dow Jones Industrial Average volatility index (VXD) and CBOE Nasdaq-100 volatility index (VXN) were introduced at 1997 and 2001 respectively. The method to calculate the VXD and VXN is identical as the method used …show more content…
The fact that these two different methods of measuring the future realized volatility are similar is very important. Firstly, because it shown that the fair value of variance and the implied squared volatility are equivalent concepts and the implied volatility is a concept very familiar in the literature. Secondly, it explains why the VIX, except that it can be seen as the variance swap rate (squared VIX), it known as the ‘investors’ fear gauge”. The proof on why the equation (1.13) is equivalent with the equation (1.12) is provided in the Appendix B. As explained above the CBOE calculate the squared VIX using the equation (1.8) which is the discretization of the equation (1.12). In line with Jiang and Tian (2007), we discuss the approximations and the problems which occur from the CBOE formula. The equation (1.12) from Demeterfi et al. (1999) it assumes that there are strike prices (K) from 0 to infinity, something which of course it doesn’t stand in the real world. Thus, the CBOE approximate the K=0 with the lower strike price (KL) and the infinity with the higher strike price KH. So, the sum of the two integrals from zero to infinity
• Tom voiced his concern of displaying trades details in the existing Volcker metric dashboard as it may affect performance and we may not want to expose this information to the regulators. • Brian indicated that from compliance perspective, they don’t need to see the trades that caused a breach but they’d need
In December of 1777, American General George Washington and his men took shelter at Valley Forge for the winter. It was 18 miles northwest of the British camp in Philadelphia, and Washington thought it was a perfect spot. But that was not the case for the soldiers. The soldiers had it rough, and many did not want to enlist for the army after. Today, many people wonder if they would stay with George Washington, or not enlist and go home back to their families.
From new and upcoming author, Edward P. Jones, comes his first short story The First Day. This story recounts the tale of a five-year-old girl and her illiterate mother who face the task of enrolling the young infant in elementary school. Despite her efforts, her mother’s lack of knowledge and poor financial state, hold back her daughter from attending her ideal school. Nevertheless, the young girl eventually finds an elementary school where she will attend.
Fear can control a person’s opinion of another’s whole race. Most people don’t truly understand what they are fearing. These fears originate from a fear that is instilled whilst young; either by an authoritative figure such as a parent or a teacher, or from a personal experience which distorts your perception of all versions of the thing you are fearful of, to become fearsome. For instance, if you had a single fearsome experience with a spider whilst an adolescent, from then on all spiders will be grouped together to recall the negative memory of your experience with that spider. This is seen in ‘Jasper Jones’ with Jasper Jones himself.
In the present global world, we are living in the era of advanced technology like computes, smart phones, TV and so on; and I love that. As early day goes by technology is changed. Technology makes things happen so faster. In the article, “Meet your iBrain,” the authors Gary Small and Gigi Vorgan talk about the current explosion of digital technology and how is changing the way we lives, how we communicate, and it is also rapidly and profoundly altering our brains. “Our brain is evolving right now at a speed like never before” Gary and Gigi.
(Levitt, 2004, p. 182). His statistics are compelling, but the reasoning seems slightly irrelevant, as argued by Baumer and
“The First Day” by Edward P. Jones is a short story written in 1992. The short story is about an African American mother taking her young daughter to school for the first time. The daughter becomes ashamed of her mother because she sees where her education level is at. The mother is also ashamed of herself because she didn’t get education throughout her life. In “The First Day” the opening scene sets the tone for challenging the status quo and creating a life of success.
Outline the similarities and differences between the Single Index Model (SIM) and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). Justify which of the two models makes a better assessment of return of a security (25 marks). To reduce a firm’s specific risk or residual risk a portfolio should have negative covariance or rather it should have no variance at all, for large portfolios however calculating variance requires greater and sophisticated computing power. As such, Index models greatly decrease the computations needed to calculate the optimum portfolio. The use of such Index models also eliminates illogical or rather absurd results.
Hong Kong Dragon Air is Hong Kong-based international airline, belonging to of the Cathay Pacific Group. The airline was established in 1985, and operates a fleet of narrow-body A320s and A321s, which were both powered by V2500 engines manufactured by International Aero Engines AG (“IAE”) for both passenger and cargo service to destinations to destinations across the Asia-Pacific region, and China. Their vision is to be the World’s best regional airline serving China and beyond. Their missions; places emphasis on safety and operational excellence with customer focus. The airline seeks to embrace innovation by implementing ideas that improve their business.
As mentioned by Ingram, CTE is generally considered “coherent”. He argues that it is most often used to measure risk over multi-year time frames that are needed to view risk. With the computing power in modern technologies, the capability to measure long-term risk makes CTE a more desirable metrics in risk management. The CTE metric reflect the outcomes in tail events, so that one can understand the impact when such events occur. Its primary benefit over the VaR metric is that it considers the complete distribution of scenarios that can occur within the tail.
Q3. How much value, if any, does Buffett derive from the credit agreement? There are two parts of the credit agreement, the 8-year term loan and the penny warrants. The $400 million term loan accompanying with a $45 million revolving credit facility will give Buffett a chance to earn at an interest rate of 10.5%.
In order to identify red flags for risk management from various financial risk ratios, models, and traditional ratios for Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, we list our calculation results below. Based on our calculation, Bear Stearns got 15 red flags, which occupied 68% of total red flags, while Lehman Brothers 12 red flags, occupying 55% of total red flags. These two numbers were high even compared with other investment banks, and companies committed fraudulent activities. In summary, both Lehman Brothers and Bear had high possibility of going bankruptcy.
g. Final estimate for the cost of equity: The final estimate for the cost of equity would be the average of the values found using the above three methods: CAPM 14.2% DCF 13.8 BOND YIELD + R.P. 14.0 AVERAGE 14.0% h. Harry Davis’ Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC): WACC= wdrd(1 - T) + wpsrps + wce(rs) = 0.3(0.10)(0.6) + 0.1(0.09) + 0.6(0.14) = 0.111 = 11.1%. i. Factors influencing Harry Davis’ composite WACC:
Outline the similarities and differences between the Single Index Model (SIM) and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). Justify which of the two models makes a better assessment of return of a security (25 marks). To reduce a firm’s specific risk or residual risk a portfolio should have negative covariance or rather it should have no variance at all, for large portfolios however calculating variance requires greater and sophisticated computing power. As such, Index models greatly decrease the computations needed to calculate the optimum portfolio. The use of such Index models also eliminates illogical or rather absurd results.