USE THE INFORMATION BELOW FOR THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM(S)

question 81

Multiple Choice

USE THE INFORMATION BELOW FOR THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM(S)
The following information is provided in the context of a two-period (two six-month periods) binomial option pricing model. A stock currently trades at $60 per share, and a call option on the stock has an exercise price of $65. The stock is equally likely to rise by 15 percent or fall by 15 percent during each six-month period. The one-year risk free rate is 3 percent.
-Refer to Exhibit 16.2. Calculate the price of the call option after the stock price has already moved up in value once (C_u) .

• A) $7.77
• B) $14.35
• C) $0
• D) $4.21
• E) $6.44

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Definitions:

Shutdown Point

The level of operation at which a business or economic activity is no longer profitable and should cease operations for financial reasons.

MC Curve

Refers to the Marginal Cost curve, which depicts the increase in total cost that results from producing one more unit of a good.

ATC Curve

The Average Total Cost curve, a graph that represents the cost per unit of output when all costs (variable and fixed) are considered.

Break-Even Point

The production level at which total revenues equal total expenses, resulting in neither a profit nor a loss.