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Premiums and Values of Traded Options

Monday, April 20th, 2009

The asymmetric nature of returns with regard to the price of the underlying instrument, and mirror image of returns to the holder and the writer, mean that options have a value to the holder even if the current stock price is below the call option’s strike price or above the ...

Call and Put Options

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

There was a time when opening the mail was something that people looked forward to. That is no longer the case. So imagine your sur prise if one morning you received a letter from your stockbroker enclosing a cer tificate, given in recognition of past business you have given them, ...