Special Warrants
During the holidays, there are "holiday warrants" that allow one to predict the final gross of a movie by President's Day weekend of the following year. For example, there was a Narnia warrant of H$180 million. Since Narnia would make over US$300 million by February 20, 2006, anyone who purchased the warrant made over H$120 per share. On the other hand, Zathura had a holiday warrant for H$70 million. Since Zathura closed a month after its release and made less than U$30 million, anyone who predicted that it would make more than US$70 million lost their investment. During the summer, there are similar "blockbuster warrants" that allow one to predict the final gross of a movie by Labor Day weekend of that year.
HSX also releases various special derivatives throughout the year. During the summer of 2006, there were derivatives for the FIFA World Cup.
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