In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Introduction to Stock Index Futures 2. Stock Index Futures World Over 3. Features of Stock Index Futures 4. Trading in Stock Index Futures 5. Pricing of Stock Index Futures Contract 6. NSE's Volatility Index: India VIX 7. Speculation in Stock Index Futures Trading 8. Hedging with Stock Index Futures 9. Reasons for [...]
The following points highlight the techniques used to manage foreign exchange risk. The techniques are: 1. Doing Nothing 2. Pre-Emptive Price Variation 3. Risk Sharing 4. Maintaining a Foreign Currency Bank Account 5. Transfer Pricing 6. International Forfaiting 7. Discounting of Bills of Exchange 8. Money Market Operations and a few others. Technique # 1. Doing Nothing: This method suggests [...]
An alternative form of valuation is to use the Black-Scholes formula for a put, which is: P = Xe –r(T-t) [1-N(d2)] – S [1-N(d1)] Where d1 and d2 are as given in the section deriving a call option. Note that [1 - N(d2)] is the same as N(-d2) and [1 - N(d1)] is the same as N(-d1). Using the same [...]