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Suppose an investor wants to replicate a call option on the following stock and that the assumptions of the BSOPM are correct.The underlying stock’s price is $83.50 and the annualized volatility of its log-returns is 54%. The option to be replicated has a strike price of $75.75 and a three-month maturity. The risk-free rate is currently 5.00% per year, continuously compounded.How much cash would the investor need to save or borrow to replicate the call?

Challenge You are a U.S.-based currency speculator researching call options on the EUR. The currency spot exchange rate is 1.050 USD per 1 EUR. You find that the price of 1.075-strike calls with one-year remaining maturity is 0.05 USD per EUR. If the risk-free rate in USD is currently 5.00 percent and market estimate of the exchange rate’s volatility is 15.00 percent, what EUR risk-free rate is implied by the observed call price? Enter your answer as a percentage, rounded to the nearest 0.0001%.

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