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High Finance: Myron & Fischer Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not at the listed coordinates.

To solve for coordinates to find this cache:

Myron and Fischer are trying to determine the value of a Holiday gift they received from Dr Lewandowski:

      C = the value of a right to buy a share of Geocaching.com stock for $40, and;
      P = the value of a right to sell a share of Geocaching.com stock for $40

 

They have exactly 1 year (not a leap year) to avail themselves of these rights before they expire worthless. Geocaching.com stock currently sells for $50 a share, exhibits 25% annual volatility and does not pay any dividends. Myron and Fischer can borrow money with no risk of loss of their principle from nearby Cash for Gold for 5% per year, and, by the way, they happen to be in Europe at the time these rights are available. Once you have solved for C and P, round them to nearest whole number and insert in the following to find the actual coordinates of the cache:

N 42 15.((4+C)2)

W 088 00.((460/P)+P)

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

Special thanks to 4xkrat for beta testing this (and helping me through the class when I first learned about this 25+ years ago!) 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

POBR be, yvxr V qvq onpx va gur qnl va SVA 3408, lbh pna fbyir gur erdhverq cnegvny qvssreragvny rdhngvbaf ol unaq. Sbe gur svany culfvpny, qba'g trg ohearq!

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)