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- October 1984
- Article
Large-Scale Portfolio Optimization
By: André Perold
Keywords: Financial Instruments
- February 1984 (Revised February 1994)
- Background Note
Note on Options
By: David E. Bell
Keywords: Stock Options
- February 1984 (Revised January 1994)
- Teaching Note
Options Exercises and Note on Options, Teaching Note
By: David E. Bell
Keywords: Stock Options
- February 1984 (Revised January 1994)
- Exercise
Options Exercises
By: David E. Bell
Keywords: Stock Options
- January 1984 (Revised January 1994)
- Exercise
Futures Exercises
By: David E. Bell
Designed to provide introductory practice in the use of futures contracts. View Details
Keywords: Futures and Commodity Futures
- January 1984 (Revised January 1994)
- Teaching Note
Futures Exercises, Teaching Note
By: David E. Bell
Keywords: Financial Instruments
- August 1983
- Background Note
Note on Replicating Options with Position on Stock and Cash
By: Andre F. Perold
- July 1983 (Revised March 1986)
- Case
Fred Johnson's Adjustable Rate Convertible Note
- May 1983 (Revised December 1987)
- Case
Technical Data Corp.
Describes a decision confronting the president of a small company about selling some or all of the shares in his company to another firm. Technical Data Corp. provides analytical services to professional bond market traders over a system of computer terminals operated... View Details
- February 1983
- Article
Effects of Nominal Contracting on Stock Returns
By: K. French, G. W. Schwert and R. S. Ruback
- January 1983 (Revised February 1988)
- Case
Hospital Corp. of America (B)
By: W. Carl Kester
Focuses on HCAs financing options for reaching its target capital structure. The options include new equity conversion of convertible debentures, a debt-for-equity swap, the sale of assets, and fixed-rate debt. Students must address the problem of market timing and... View Details
- December 1982
- Teaching Note
Newport Instrument Division, Teaching Note
Keywords: Industrial Products Industry
- December 1982 (Revised November 2006)
- Background Note
Note on Futures Contracts
By: David E. Bell
Provides an introduction to futures contracts, what they are, what their use in hedging is, and their usefulness in providing forecasts. Also covers basic risk. Includes a list of commodities currently traded in futures markets and the necessary properties of a... View Details
Keywords: Futures and Commodity Futures
- fall 1982
- Article
Risk-Spreading Properties of Common Tax and Contract Instruments
By: James K. Sebenius and Peter Stan
- December 1981 (Revised September 1986)
- Case
Marriott Corp.
By: Thomas R. Piper
Marriott is considering the repurchase of ten million shares. This is apparently at odds with the financial policies that the Board of Directors passed two years earlier. Students must discuss why the policies were passed and why changes are now necessary. Includes a... View Details
- November 1981
- Article
Effects of Nominal Contracting on Stock Returns
By: K. French, G. W. Schwert and R. S. Ruback