# BINOMIAL MODEL The current price of a stock is $50. In 1 year, the price will be either$40 or $70. The annual risk-free rate is 4%. The stock has an exercise price of$55 and expires in 1 year. a. Find the range of values for the ending stock price and the call option at the option’s expiration in 1 year. b. Equalize the range of payoffs for the stock and the option. c. Create a riskless hedged investment. What is the value of the portfolio in 1 year? d. What is the cost of the stock in the riskless portfolio? e. What is the present value of the riskless portfolio? f. From your answers in parts d and e, what is the value of the firm’s call option?

### Fundamentals of Financial Manageme...

14th Edition
Eugene F. Brigham + 1 other
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781285867977

### Fundamentals of Financial Manageme...

14th Edition
Eugene F. Brigham + 1 other
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781285867977

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