PPT-Forward/Futures Pricing Financial Derivatives

2 Forward pricing Some prelims Forward contracts on assets that Pay no income Pay a lumpy income Pays continuously Financial Derivatives 3 Forward pricing Some prelims Pay no income Easiest type of contract to value. Derivative. A . derivative. of a function is the instantaneous rate of change of the function at any point in its domain.. We say this is the derivative of . f. with respect. to the variable . x. .. Chapter 3. 1. Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 7th Edition, Copyright © John C. Hull 2008. Hedge : . A trade designed to reduce risk.. Many . of the participants in futures markets are hedgers. Their aim is to use futures markets to reduce a particular risk that they face.. Derivative. A . derivative. of a function is the instantaneous rate of change of the function at any point in its domain.. We say this is the derivative of . f. with respect. to the variable . x. .. Chapter 3.5. Proving that .  . In section 2.1 you used a table of values approaching 0 from the left and right that . ; but that was not a proof. Because you will need to know this limit (and a related one for cosine), we will begin this section by proving this through geometry. 22: Speculation. Futures. Hedge. use futures to reduce risk on an existing position. Speculate. use futures to take on risk in the hope of making a profit. Arbitrage. Use the difference between spot and futures prices to generate risk-free profit . What is financial derivative . A financial derivatives . A financial derivative is a financial product that is valued depending on another asset, called the underlying asset.. It is used to protect against and manage risks, and very often also serve arbitrage or investment purposes, providing various advantages compared to securities. . Speakers: Henrietta Podd. Head of Advice and Origination. Canaccord Genuity. Peter Moore . Assistant Director of Corporate Finance. Circle Housing Group. Chair: Joseph Carr. Policy Leader. National Housing Federation. February 2016. The UWA Futures Observatory opened in November 2015 to provide a focus for the Centre for Education Futures’ Scholarship and Innovation stream. . Its . purpose is to:. Promote . and encourage UWA’s future thinking . Introduction to Derivatives . Agenda. In this session, you will learn . about:. What are Derivatives?. Need for Derivatives. Concept of Underlying Asset. Participants in a Derivative Market. Hedgers. What were the contributing factors to the financial crisis?. How did the crisis begin?. What did the government do in response?. We focused mostly on big pictures. Discussion so far…. Dictionary definition: “financial instrument whose value is derived from one or more other underlying assets”. Market Skimming. Market Skimming. High price, Low volumes. Skim the profit from the market. Suitable for products that have short life cycles or which will face competition at some point in the future (e.g. after a patent runs out). ?. Pricing . is a marketing function in which both a buyer . and. a seller . perceive the . most favorable value . for a good or service. 2. Price– You get what you pay for…. What does that phrase mean to you?. Campbell R. Harvey. Fuqua School of Business. Duke University. charvey@mail.duke.edu. http://www.duke.edu/~charvey. Overview. Forward contracts. Futures contracts. The relationship between forwards and futures. Forward multiple emails with one click. Transfer and migrate all your emails. Need to forward many emails over to someone? This is a quick way to select all the emails you\'d like forwarded, and send them off to 1 recipient with a click of a button. Visit: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/multi-email-forward-by-cl/baebodhfcfpnmnpnnheadibijemdlmip