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Q1. What is the theoretical (or equilibrium) futures price? Q2. What action would you take if the futures price is $83?
Suppose the spot price of platinum falls to $525 in three months' time. Does Phoenix have a profit or loss on the futures contract?
A hedge in which the asset underlying the futures is not the asset being hedged is
A Special Kind of Financing Central Bank is a small Midwestern savings and loan institution that manages $3 billion in assets
What is your opinion of "moral hazard" concerns? What "safeguards" have been put in place since the 2008 crisis? Should they be relaxed, today?
Problem: Complete the following table for this Short Position on a Treasury bond futures contract. [Note: short position]:
Calculate the future value interest factor in each of the cases shown in the following table.
a. Calculate the percentage of gain based on price appreciation. b. Calculate the percentage of gain based on initial margin.
Can you tell me would you ever advise a non-financial corporation to speculate (increase risk) by trading in financial futures?
Explain how a U.S. corporation could hedge net receivables in euros with futures contracts.
how much additional money should they deposit at the end of each year in an account paying 9% annual interest in order to be able to buy boat on retirement?
Show how SEB can use Eurodollar futures contracts to lock in its cost of funds for the year. What is SEB's hedged cost of funds for the year?
What would be the implications of hedging by (a) selling 8 contracts (b) selling 10 contracts, and (c) selling 12 contracts of September wheat?
What is the Future Value, at the end of 17 years, of depositing $1,750 into a Mutual Fund today, assuming the fund is expected to earn 12% a year?
What would be your trade account balance at the close of January 2, 2002?
What should be the futures price for the futures contract on Russell Index Corp maturing in three months?
Determine the profit or loss per contract, ignoring transaction costs.
Worldwide travel service has made an investment in certain equipment that cost the company $307,100.
Compare and contrast extrapolation with the writing of scenarios as forecasting techniques.
How would you use present and future value techniques in preparing a financial retirement plan?
Explain the rationale for recognizing costs as expenses at the time of product sale.
Describe stock index futures. How could they be used by a financial institution that is anticipating a jump in stock prices
a) What is the value of your investment after one year b) What is the value of your investment after two years
If the farmer harvested 13,000 bushels of corn and had futures contracts on 10,000 bushels of corn, what are the farmer's net proceeds when corn is sold?
What is the expected cash settlement price of the futures contract as expiration if the fed cut the fed funds rates by -50bps in December 2007;