Sept 2007 : Q2 iii

Discussion in 'CT8' started by jensen, Mar 30, 2008.

  1. jensen

    jensen Member

    Is it just me, or is there an error in the first calculation for phi? I got -0.01778 shares.
     
  2. John Potter

    John Potter ActEd Tutor Staff Member

    Jensen,

    I am looking at ASET and we also got Phi = -0.01778 ??
     
  3. Amelia

    Amelia Member

    I think jensen is talking about the answer in the Examiner's Report, which also seems a bit strange to me. They hedge at time 1 using the share prices at time 1 but the payoffs at time 2? They also have the same replicating portfolio for the up jump and the down jump.
     
  4. Giles

    Giles Member

    I think they've tried to be clever and used phi as the value of the shareholding at time 1 (hence divide by 125 to get the number of shares). The examiner's report is wrong tho - where they say phi = 25/9 it should be -1/0.45 = -20/9, which gives the right answer (-0.01778)
     
  5. jensen

    jensen Member

    Thanks guys!
    Exact affirmation I need :)
     

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