You would like to be holding a protective put position on the stock of xyz co. to lock in a guaranteed minimum value of $100 at year-end. xyz currently sells for $100. over the next year, the stock price will either increase by 10% or decrease by 10%. the t-bill rate is 5%. unfortunately, no put options are traded on xyz co. a. suppose the desired put option were traded. how much would it cost to purchase? b. what would have been the cost of the protective put portfolio? c. what portfolio position in stock and t-bills will ensure you a payoff equal to the payoff that would be provided by a protective put with x = $100? show that the payoff to this portfolio and the cost of establishing the portfolio match those of the desired protective put.

Xyz corporation has provided the following data concerning manufacturing overhead for july: actual manufacturing overhead incurred $ 69,000 manufacturing overhead applied to work in process $ 79,000 the company's cost of goods sold was $243,000 prior to closing out its manufacturing overhead account. the company closes out its manufacturing overhead account to cost of goods sold. which of the following statements is true? multiple choice manufacturing overhead was overapplied by $10,000; cost of goods sold after closing out the manufacturing overhead account is $253,000 manufacturing overhead was underapplied by $10,000; cost of goods sold after closing out the manufacturing overhead account is $233,000 manufacturing overhead was underapplied by $10,000; cost of goods sold after closing out the manufacturing overhead account is $253,000 manufacturing overhead was overapplied by $10,000; cost of goods sold after closing out the manufacturing overhead account is $233,000