A Stock Has a Probability of Jumping to Default Based $\lambda = 0.05$

question 19

Multiple Choice

A stock has a probability of jumping to default based on the first arrival of a Poisson process with $\lambda = 0.05$ .What is the probability of a jump-to-default in any month?

• A)0.4158%
• B)0.4167%
• C)0.4195%
• D)0.5000%

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