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+592 Part V: Index Options and Futures 
+day the products were sold to the public. Thus, the structured product itself has a 
+"strike price" equal to that of the calls. It is this price that is used at maturity to deter­
+mine whether the S&P has appreciated over the seven-year period - an event that 
+would result in the holders receiving back more than just their initial purchase price. 
+After the initial offering, the shares are then listed on the AMEX or the NYSE 
+and they will begin to rise and fall as the value of the S&P 500 index fluctuates. 
+So, the structured product is not an index fund protected by a put option, but 
+rather it is a combination of zero-coupon government bonds and a call option on an 
+index. These two structures are equivalent, just as the combination of owning stock 
+protected by a put option is equivalent to being long a call option. 
+Structured products of this type are not limited to indices. One could do the 
+same thing with an individual stock, or perhaps a group of stocks, or even create a 
+simulated bull spread. There are many possibilities, and the major ones will be dis­
+cussed in the following sections. In theory, one could construct products like this for 
+himself, but the mechanics would be too difficult. For example, where is one going 
+to buy a seven-year option in small quantity? Thus, it is often worthwhile to avail one­
+self of the product that is packaged (structured) by the investment banker. 
+In actuality, many of the brokerage firms and investment banks that undetwrite 
+these products give them names - usually acronyms, such as MITTS, TARGETS, 
+BRIDGES, LINKS, DINKS, ELKS, and so on. If one looks at the listing, he may see 
+that they are called notes rather than stocks or index funds. Nevertheless, when the 
+terms are described, they will often match the examples given in this chapter. 
+INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES 
+There is one point that should be made now: There is "phantom interest" on a struc­
+tured product. Phantom interest is what one owes the government when a bond is 
+bought at a discount to maturity. The IRS technically calls the initial purchase price 
+an Original Issue Discount (OID) and requires you to pay taxes annually on a pro­
+portionate amount of that OID. For example, if one buys a zero-coupon U.S. gov­
+ernment bond at 60 cents on the dollar, and later lets it mature for $1.00, the IRS 
+does not treat the 40-cent profit as capital gains. Rather, the 40 cents is interest 
+income. Moreover, says the IRS, you are collecting that income each year, since you 
+bought the bonds at a discount. (In reality, of course, you aren't collecting a thing; 
+your investment is simply worth a little more each year because the discount decreas­
+es as the bonds approach maturity.) However, you must pay income tax on the "phan-