8007 Exam Dumps : Exam II: Mathematical Foundations of Risk Measurement - 2015 Edition

Consider a binomial lattice where a security price S moves up by a factor u with probability p, or down by a factor d with probability 1 - p. If we set d > 1/u then which of the following will be TRUE?

An underlying asset price is at 100, its annual volatility is 25% and the risk free interest rate is 5%. A European call option has a strike of 85 and a maturity of 40 days. Its Black-Scholes price is 15.52. The options sensitivities are: delta = 0.98; gamma = 0.006 and vega = 1.55. What is the delta-gamma-vega approximation to the new option price when the underlying asset price changes to 105 and the volatility changes to 28%?

Over four consecutive years fund X returns 1%, 5%, -3%, 8%. What is the average growth rate of fund X over this period?