533 The Black-Scholes Model
The Airbag is a fairly stable security—its price varies no more than 10
percent for a wide variety of σs and for nearly all times to maturity.
19.7.3 A Reverse Convertible: Analyzing the UBS “Goals”
The Swiss bank UBS has issued a series of stock-linked securities called
Goals. All the Goals pay interest on the initial price; the fi nal repayment
depends on the market price of the underlying stock: If the stock price
is high, the Goals investor gets back her initial investment, and if the
stock price is low, the Goals investor is paid out in a package of shares
whose value is less than her initial investment.
An example of such a security is the Cisco-linked Goals issued by UBS
on 17 January 2001 (Figure 19.4). The main details of this security are as
follow:
The purchaser pays UBS $1,000 on 23 January 2001. In return, she gets
three payments of
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Stoxx50 price today, S
0
2,158.0
X
1
1,618.50
X
2
2,158.0
Y 1,000.0
Risk-free interest rate for 5 years, r 7.00%
Time to maturity, T 5
Volatility of the Stoxx50, sigma 15.75%
Airbag components, value today
Bond paying X
1
at maturity
704.69 <-- =EXP(-B6*B7)*B5
Y/X
1
* written puts with exercise X
1
-4.69 <-- =-B5/B3*BSPut(B2,B3,B7,B6,B8)
Purchased call with exercise X
2
320.01 <-- =B5/B4*BSCall(B2,B4,B7,B6,B8)
Value of structured security today 1,020.00 <-- =SUM(B11:B13)
Time to maturity, T
1,020.00 543210.0001
5%
,
1,000.02
1,000.07 1,000.20 1,000.59 1,001.77 1,000.20
10%
1,004.57 1,006.22 1,008.40 1,011.13 1,013.78 1,000.40
15%
1,017.84
1,021.09 1,024.72 1,028.28 1,029.65 1,000.59
20% 1,031.11
1,035.21 1,039.61 1,043.69 1,044.54 1,000.79
olatility of the Stoxx50, sigma --> 25% 1,040.84 1,045.48 1,050.44 1,055.14 1,056.54 1,000.99
30% 1,047.16
1,052.22 1,057.69 1,063.09 1,065.58 1,001.19
35%
1,050.86
1,056.29 1,062.26 1,068.39 1,072.19 1,001.39
40% 1,052.66
1,058.44 1,064.88 1,071.75 1,076.95 1,001.59
45% 1,053.10
1,059.19 1,066.10 1,073.70 1,080.28 1,001.79
50% 1,052.55
1,058.94 1,066.29 1,074.59 1,082.53 1,001.99
ABN-AMRO AIRBAG SENSITIVITY TO TIME TO MATURITY AND SIGMA
Data table
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