Suppose the spot price of the S&P500 stock index is 2238. The risk free rate is .0085 and the dividend yield on the S&P500 is .0165. The October futures price on the index (T = .4932) is 2225 today.
A. State the positions you would take to arbitrage and show the cash flows from the positions if futures price = spot price = 2257 at expiration.
B. Redo part (a) if the October futures price is 2234 today and price at expiration is 2152.