1 Chapter 11 Hedging, Insuring, Diversifying
Jan 13, 2016
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Contents
1. Forward and Futures to Hedge Risk
2. Swap Contracts3. Hedging, Matching
Assets to Liabilities4. Minimizing the Cost
of Hedging5. Insuring v. Hedging6. Insurance Contracts
7. Financial Guarantees8. Caps and Floors on
Interest Rates 9. Options as Insurance10. The Diversification
Principle11. Diversification and
the Cost of Insurance
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Forward Contracts,Terminology
Forward price: The specified price of the item
Spot price: The price for immediate delivery of the item
Face value: quantity of item times the forward price
Long/Short position: The position of the party who agrees to buy/sell the item
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Forward Contract, Example
Farmer, Baker Uncertain about the future price of
wheat one month from nowNatural matchForward contract: One month from
now, the farmer will deliver 100,000 bushels of wheat to the baker and receive the face value $200,000 in return
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Futures Contract, Example
The farmer in Kansas, the baker in New YorkThey enter a wheat futures contract with the
future exchange at a price of $2 per bushel
farmer: short position baker: long position The exchange matches them
Futures Contract: Paying to (receiving from) theexchange ($2-spot price) 100,000
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Futures Contract, Example cont.
At due dateWheat $1.5 per bu. $2 per bu. $2.5 per bu.Farmer from distributor $150,000 $200,000 $250,000Farmer from\to exchange $50,000 0 ($50,000)Total $200,000 $200,000 $200,000
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Swap Contracts
Consists of two parties exchanging (swapping) a series of cash flows at specified intervals over a specified period of time
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Swap Contracts, ExampleComputer software business in US, German company pays DM100,000 each year for aperiod of 10 years for the right to produce andmarket the software
The dollar/mark exchange rate risk
Currency swap: on an exchange rate of $0.5 per mark. Each year the US party receives from\pays to the counterparty DM100,000($0.5-spot rate)
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Insuring versus Hedging
Hedging: Eliminating the risk of loss by giving up the potential for gain
Insuring: Paying a premium to eliminate the risk of loss and retain the potential for gain
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Insuring v. Hedging, Example
The farmer:1. Takes no measures to reduce risk2. Hedges with a forward contract,
100,000 bushels, $2 per bushel3. Buys an Insurance for a premium
of $20,000, which guarantees a minimum price of $2 per bushel for her 100,000 bushels
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Options, Terminology
Call/Put: An option to buy/sell a specified item at a fixed price
Strike price or Exercise price: The fixed price specified in the option
Expiration date or Maturity date: The date after which an option can no longer be exercised
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Options
European Option: Can only be exercised on the expiration date
American Option: Can be exercised at any time up to and including the expiration date
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Diversifying
Splitting an investment among many risky assets instead of concentrating it all in only one
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The Diversification Principle
By diversifying across risky assets sometimes it is possible to reduce the overall risk with no reduction in expected return
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Nondiversifiable Risk
In a randomly selected equally weighted portfolio, with possible positive correlation between stocks, by adding more stocks the standard deviation reduces just to a point
Diversifiable risk: The part of the volatility that can be eliminated
Nondiversifiable risk: The part that remains
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Diversifiable Security Risk
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All risk is diversifiable All risk is diversifiable