Philip H. Dybvig
Washington University in Saint Louis
Welcome to Derivative Securities! This course introduces the popular option pricing tools that have come to be used in all areas in finance. The concepts, tools and applications promise to make this a great term!
Final Exam I have graded the final exam. The exam had 100 possible points + 20 possible bonus points = 120 points.
| grade | grade range | count |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 100-102 | 2 |
| A | 85-87 | 2 |
| A- | 77-78 | 2 |
| B | 58-65 | 3 |
| B- | 54 | 1 |
| C | 37 | 1 |
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...Final Exam answers
Practice Exams Here are some practice exams. Although
some are for a slightly different course, it will show you the style of my
exams, with some short answer questions and some problems to solve.
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...Practice Exam 1
...Practice Exam 2
...Practice Exam 0 answers
...Practice Exam 1 answers
...Practice Exam 2 answers
...Fixed-income Practice
...Fixed-income Practice answers
You may want to print a set of slides before class for taking notes and solving in-class exercises. One set of slides corresponds to approximately one week of lectures (or one day in a condensed 2-week course).
The problems will not be handed in, but I have posted answers so you can check your work.
Lecture 1: Background and Binomial Model
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Lecture 2: Binomial Model: Puts, Calls, Futures, Futures Options
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Lecture 3: Distribution-Free Results
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Lecture 4: The Black-Scholes Model
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Lecture 5: Interest Derivatives
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