In February, a company wanted to hedge the future purchase of crude oil some time in June or July by using August oil futures contracts. The August oil futures price was $72.00 per barrel. When the company decided to buy crude oil in July, the oil spot price was $79 and the August oil futures price was $74. Calculate the net cost of purchasing the oil with hedging.
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- On 1st of March the crude oil’s spot price is $50 and its August futures price is $48. On 1st of July the spot price is $62 and the August futures price is $63.50. An ABC company entered into futures contracts on 1st of March to hedge its purchase of the commodity on 1st of July. It closed out its position on 1st of July. Which position must be taken to hedge the risk and what is the effective price (after the hedging) paid by the company? Choose the right answer a. No correct answer b. Short, $15.50 c. Long, $46.50 d. Long, $15.50 e. Short, $46.50Suppose you are concerned about your firm's jet fuel exposure that you need to acquire in November. Further, your analysis suggests the best futures contract to hedge jet fuel is unleaded gasoline. You decided to hedge for 100% of the price exposure. This is September and the spot prices of jet fuel is $1.108 and RBOB gasoline is $1.121. The RBOB gasoline December futures contact on CME is currently priced at $1.141. Assume two months have passed and you want to close your futures position in November. The spot prices of jet fuel and RBOB gasoline in November are $1.131 and $1.156. All prices are quoted per gallon. The November futures price for December RBOB gasoline is $1.183. Which of the following statements is false based on the above in formation? The gain from the futures hedge is $0.042 per gallon. The basis in November is -$0.027 The RBOB gasoline market is in contango. O The basis in October is -$0.033.(1) A trader signs a Forward contract on April 30 for the delivery of 500 gallons of oil on October 31. The risk-free rate is 5.00% on April 30 and the current price of oil is $30 per gallon. Each gallon of storage costs $0.03 per day.a. What will be the fair forward price on April 30?b. If the spot price of oil is $45 per gallon on July 31, what profit or loss would the trader incur if they close out (cash settle) their position?
- You invest $200 in a newly listed corporate bond. The promised payback on this bond in 2 years' time is $220. You estimate that there is a 2% probability that the company will default on the bond with a recovery of 10% of the promised amount. There is also an 8% probability that the company will default on the bond and you will be able to recover 70% of the promised amount. With 90% probability, the company will not default and repay the bond in full. What is the 90%-VaR on this bond? $154 O $220 O $0 $66 None of the other answers are correct.Production Hedge: A cattle producer wanted to purchase the soybean from the market. On February 1, he expected the basis on October 10 equaled -$.40. Assume there is NO basis risk. Cash Futures 1-Feb Estimated Purchased Costs $6.00 Buy Oct Futures @ $6.25 10-Oct Buy Cash ???? Sell May Futures @ $6.50 • What is the realized price (or net purchase price)?Suppose a oil producer wants to hedge against possible price fluctuations in the market. For example, in November, he decides to enter into a short-sell position in a 2 (two) futures contracts in order to limit his exposure to a possible decline in the cash price prior to the time when he will sell his oil in the cash market. Assume that the spot price of oil is $30 and the futures price for a March futures contract is $45. What is the basis? Выберите один ответ: a. 30 b. 7.5 c. 25 d. 15 e. 45
- Generous Dynamics is planning on buying 3000 ounces of gold in six months. The correlation of the six-month change in the spot and futures price is. 5. The standard deviation of six-month change in spot and futures price are 27 percent and 31 percent, respectively. Futures contract size is 1000 ounces. How many contracts should GD buy or sell to hedge the future purchase? O Sell 1.3065 O Buy 1.3065 O Sell 1.7222 O Buy 1.7222 O Sell 2.6129A farm that produces corn is looking to hedge their exposure to price fluctuations in the future. It is now May 15th and they expect their crop to be ready for harvest September 30th. You have gathered the following information: Bushels of corn they expect to produce 44,000 May 15th price per bushel $3.08 Sept 30 futures contract per bushel $3.22 Actual market price Sept 30 $3.37 Required (round to the nearest dollar): Calculate the gain or loss on the futures contract and net proceeds on the sale of the corn. Net gain or loss on future $Answer Sell the corn $Answer Net $AnswerA company enters into a short futures contract to sell 10,000 units of a commodity for $0.5 per unit. The initial margin is $5000 and the maintenance margin is $3000. When will there be a margin call? Question 1Answer a. As soon as the futures price exceeds $0.7 per unit. b. As soon as the futures price exceeds $0.8 per unit. c. As soon as the futures price exceeds $0.5 per unit. d. As soon as the futures price exceeds $0.6 per unit.
- Please hep me with question below . Impact on earnings of an option and an interest rate swap. Millikin Corporation decided to hedge two transactions. The first transaction is a forecasted transaction to buy 500 tons of inventory in 60 days. The company was concerned that selling prices might increase, and it acquired a 60-day option to buy inventory at a price of $1,200 per ton. Upon acquiring the option, the company paid a premium of $10 per ton when the spot price was $1,201. At the end of 30 days, the option had a value of $19 per ton and a current spot price of $1,214 per ton. Upon expiration of the option, the spot price was $1,216 per ton. In another transaction, the company borrowed $3,000,000 at a fixed rate of 8%; after three months, the company became concerned that variable rates would be lower than 8%. In response, the company entered into an interest rate swap whereby it paid variable rates to a counterparty in exchange for a fixed rate of 8%. The reset rate for the first…An investor enters into a long oil futures contract when the futures price is $18.0 per barrel. The contract size if 100 barrels of oil. How much does the investor gain or lose if the oil price at the end of the contract equals $16.75?Three months ago an investor purchased a six-month US Treasury bond forward contract with a notional value of $10,000,000 at a price of 150. Assume the current forward price for a contract with three months to maturity is 152, and the risk-free rate is 1.0%. The value of the forward position is: $199,503 $100,000 $200,000 Question 10 Assume an asset sells in the spot market for a price of $30. The risk-free rate is 3%, and the forward contract on the asset expires in six months. If the asset pays a dividend of $0.75 and storage costs are $0.50 a year, what is the correct forward price? $31.25 $30.25 $30.19