1. You would like to establish a trust fund that would pay annual payments to your heirs of $94 thousand a year forever. You expect the trust fund to earn an average return of 8.22 percent. How much do you need to deposit into this trust fund today to achieve your goal?
2. Options Speculator: A speculator is considering the purchase of five three-month Japanese yen call options with a striking price of 96 cents per 100 yen. The premium is 1.35 cents per 100 yen. The spot price is 95.28 cents per 100 yen and the 90-day forward rate is 95.71 cents. The speculator believes the yen will appreciate to $1.00 per 100 yen over the next three months. As the speculator’s assistant, you have been asked to prepare the following:
a. Graph the call option cash flow schedule.
b. Determine the speculator’s profit if the yen appreciates to $1.00/100 yen.
c. Determine the speculator’s profit if the yen only appreciates to the forward rate.d.Determine the future spot price at which the speculator will only break even.