A forward contract for 4 months is entered into when a stock index is at 1000. If the risk free interest rate is 3% per year (with continuous compounding) and the dividend yield on the index is 2% per year, what is the futures price? After 1 month the index price is 980, what is the value of the futures agreement assuming the risk free rate with continuous compounding is now 5% (but the original dividend rate remains 2%) and the contract price is equal to $50 times the index value?

Suppose it is Jan 1st, and the futures price for August 1st delivery of a 1-year zero-coupon government T-bill is $96/$100FV. The size of one contract is for $1M face value If your bank goes long 20 contracts, is this a bet that interest rates are going to increase, or decrease? (type ‘increase’ or ‘decrease’) If your bank goes long 20 contracts, and the price of the August 1st future increases to $97, how much money is the bank up in this contract? The current $-Duration of a bank’s assets minus liabilities is 200M. If interest rates rise and the interest rate factor on all securities increases by 3%, how does the banks book value of equity change (in millions)? (note: a change which is a decrease would be a negative change)

Assume today's settlement price on a CME EUR fütures contract is $1.3176/EUR. You have a short position in one contract. Your performance bond account currently has a balance of $3,500. The next three days settlement prices are $1.3162, $1.3169, and $1.3085. Calculate the changes in the performance bond account from daily marking-to-market and the balance of the performance bond account after the third day. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Balance of the performance bond account

Refer to the Mini-S&P contract in Figure 22.1. Assume the closing price for this day.a. If the margin requirement is 23% of the futures price times the contract multiplier of $50, how much must you deposit with your broker to trade the March maturity contract? (Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.)Required margin depositb. If the March futures price increases to 2594.70, what percentage return will you earn on your investment if you entered the long side of the contract at the price shown in the figure? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)Percentage return on net investment%c. If the March futures price falls by 1%, what is your percentage return? (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)Percentage return on net investment%

Assume today's settlement price on a CME EUR futures contract is $1.3140/EUR. You have a short position in one contract. Your performance bond account currently has a balance of $1,700. The next three days' settlement prices are $1.3126, $1.3133, and $1.3049. Calculate the changes in the performance bond account from daily marking-to-market and the balance of the performance bond account after the third day. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Changes in the performance bond account W

(mark-to-market) You enter a long position in a € future contract with the size of €125,000 today. The futures expire in 90 days. The interest rates are iS = 3.9% and i€ = 3.9%. The current spot rate is $1.38/€. Assume 360 days a year. If the spot rate is $1.43/€ the next day and interest rates remain the same, your profit or loss for this day is S _. (Keep the sign and two decimal places.)

This morning (Day 0) you take a short position in a pound futures contract that matures in 3 days (Day 3). The future price is $1.9750 today. The contract size is £62,500 and its initial performance bond and maintenance bond are $2,430 and $1,830, respectively. a. (b) Assuming that the daily settlement prices are indicated below, how would the daily change in settlement future prices affect your account? Show the daily gain/loss and account balance. Day 0 1 2 3 Settlement 1.9750 1.9700 1.9815 1.9907 Total Gain/Loss Account Balance b. During this period, did you receive a margin call? If you did, on what day? c. At the end of Day 3, how much in total did you make/lose on this futures contract?

(mark-to-market) You enter a long position in a € future contract with the size of €125,000 today. The futures expire in 90 days. The interest rates are i$=2.6% and iç-5.5%. The current spot rate is $1.38/€. Assume 360 days a year. If the spot rate is $1.36/€ the next day and interest rates remain the same, your profit or loss for this day is $_ ____.(Keep the sign and two decimal places.)