Valuing American Bonds Flashcards

1
Q

Early exercise being valuable

A
  • American call option is valuable if the share pays dividends

Otherwise in the absence of cash flows from the underlying asset, an American and European call will be the same.

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Q

American puts

A
  • dividends don’t play a role
  • American are more valuable than European when the put is deep ITM
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