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Disc. 1
You will be using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to price a call option. Look up today’s value of a stock from your portfolio. Assume that the strike price will be 10% above today’s stock value and calculate the price of this option. Provide an explanation that supports.

Disc 2
Review the section on “Options on Futures” in Chapter 15 of your text. Next, go to The Wall Street Journal and select “Markets”, then “Futures” (over on the right side of the screen). Select one of the Futures and do the following:
Select a futures contract and note the price today.
Find the price of the futures contract one year ago today.
If you had invested $1000 into that futures contract one year ago, calculate then report how much you would have gained or lost.
Speculate what you think will happen to that futures contract one year from now.
Provide an explanation supporting your findings.
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