In: Finance
Rebecca is interested in purchasing a European call on a hot new stock, Up, Inc. The call has a strike price of $ 99.00 and expires in 94 days. The current price of Up stock is $ 116.59, and the stock has a standard deviation of 39 % per year. The risk-free interest rate is 6.39 % per year. Up stock pays no dividends. Use a 365-day year.
a. Using the Black-Scholes formula, compute the price of the call. b. Use put-call parity to compute the price of the put with the same strike and expiration date. (Note: Make sure to round all intermediate calculations to at least five decimal places.)