Imagine that you are holding 6,600 shares of stock, currently selling at $50 per share. you are ready to sell the shares but would prefer to put off the sale until next year due to tax reasons. if you continue to hold the shares until january, however, you face the risk that the stock will drop in value before year-end. you decide to use a collar to limit downside risk without laying out a good deal of additional funds. january call options with a strike price of $55 are selling at $3, and january puts with a strike price of $45 are selling at $5. what will be the value of your portfolio in january (net of the proceeds from the options) if the stock price ends up at $36, $50, $56? what will the value of your portfolio be if you simply continued to hold the shares?

Upper a report about the decline of western investment in third world countries included this: "after years of daily flights comma several european airlines halted passenger service. foreign investment fell 400 percent during the 1990 s." what is wrong with this statement? choose the correct answer below. a. if foreign investment fell by 100 % comma it would be totally eliminated comma so it is not possible for it to fall by more than 100 %. b. the actual amount of the decrease in foreign investment is less than 100%. c. if foreign investment fell by 100%, it would be cut in half. thus, a decrease of 200% means that it would be totally eliminated, and a decrease of more than 200% is impossible. d. the statement does not mention the initial amount of foreign investment.