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1. Analyze and discuss the usefulness of swaptions (swap options) relative to the current economic environment. Give three specific examples of how a bank can use this derivative both for risk management and speculation.
2. A primary responsibility of a financial model developer is to decide what to and what not share with the end user of the model, discuss this aspect of modeling relative to options and derivative; for example, consider the case of Barclay’s Capital acquisition of Lehman Brothers assets.
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Some references to consider:
- Barry, M. J., & Taggart, R. A. (2007). Hedging Strategies for Exploiting Mispriced Options Using the Black-Scholes Model with Excel. Journal of Applied Finance, 17(2), 5-12.
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- Bernhard, W. & Lebland, D. (2002) Democratic Processes, Political Risk, and Foreign Exchange Markets. American Journal of Political Science (2002) 46(2), 316-333.
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- Avramidis, A. N., & L'Ecuyer, P. (2006). Efficient Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Option Pricing Under the Variance Gamma Model. Management Science, 52(12), 1930-1944.
Document - Salvador, Cruz Rambaud, and Ana Maria Sanchez Perez. "Assessing the Option to Abandon an Investment Project by the Binomial Options Pricing Model."Advances in Decision Sciences (2016).
NECB eLibrary (Links to an external site.) (ProQuest database) - Costabile, M., Massabó, I., & Russo, E. (2006). An adjusted binomial model for pricing asian options. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 27(3), 285. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11156-006-9432-9.
Document - Blynski, Lev, and Alex Faseruk. "COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OPTION PRICE FORECASTING:BLACK-SCHOLES Vs. SIMPLE AND HYBRID NEURAL NETWORKS." Journal of Financial Management & Analysis 19.2 (2006): 46-58.ProQuest.
NECB eLibrary (Links to an external site.) (ProQuest database) - Fink, Jason D., and Kristin E. Fink. "Monte Carlo Simulation for Advanced Option Pricing: A Simplifying Tool." Journal of Applied Finance 16.2 (2006): 92-105.
NECB eLibrary (Links to an external site.) (ProQuest database) - Baker, H. K., Shantanu Dutta, and Samir Saadi. "Management Views on Real Options in Capital Budgeting." Journal of Applied Finance 21.1 (2011): 18-29.
NECB eLibrary (Links to an external site.) (ProQuest database)
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Running head: SWAPTIONS AND MODELING
Swaptions and Modeling
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Analyze and discuss the usefulness of swaptions (swap options) relative to the current
economic environment. Give three specific examples of how a bank can use this derivative
both for risk management and speculation
A swaption is an option that grants the owner or the buyer or the borrower the right but
not the obligation to enter into an interest rate swap agreement with the issuer on an agreed or
specified date in future. In the swaption market, the participants are significantly large
corporations, hedge funds, banks and other financial institutions. The current economic
environment is very much dynamic in both the rising and falling of interest rates and hence
swaptions are ...
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