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Microsoft Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365), 7th Edition
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Microsoft Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365), 7th Edition

by Wayne Winston
December 2021
Beginner to intermediate
1168 pages
30h 17m
English
Microsoft Press
Content preview from Microsoft Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365), 7th Edition

Chapter 84

Pricing stock options

Questions answered in this chapter:

  • As a function of the stock price on the exercise date, what do the payoffs look like for European calls and puts?

  • What parameters determine the value of an option?

  • How can I estimate the volatility of a stock based on historical data?

  • How can I use Excel to implement the Black-Scholes formula?

  • How do changes in key parameters change the value of a call or put option?

  • How can I use the Black-Scholes formula to estimate a stock’s volatility?

  • How can I protect the formulas in my worksheet so that nobody can change them?

  • How can I use option pricing to help my company make better investment decisions?

During the early 1970s, economists Fischer Black, Myron Scholes, and Robert ...

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ISBN: 9780137613816