The multiplier for a futures contract on a stock market index is $80. The maturity of the contract is one year, the current level of the index is $5,100, and the risk-free interest rate is 0.4% per month. The dividend yield on the index is 0.1% per month. Suppose that after one month, the stock index is at 5,150. Required: a. Find the cash flow from the mark-to-market proceeds on the contract. Assume that the parity condition always holds exactly. b. Find the holding-period return if the initial margin on the contract is $10,600. Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B Find the cash flow from the mark-to-market proceeds on the contract. Assume that the parity condition always holds exactly. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Cash flow $ 4,000.00 x

You observe that the settlement price of a one-year futures contract for 1 share of a dividend paying stock is currently at $52. The current stock price is $50 and the risk-free interest rate is 10% p.a. (compounded annually). It is also known that the dividend yield on the stock is 4% p.a. (compounded annually). Set up a strategy to realize an arbitrage profit today and show the initial and terminal cash flows from each position taken in the strategy. Assume that investors can short-sell or buy the stock on margin and that they can borrow and lend at the risk-free rate. Thank you!

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A Index has currently a value of $10,000, and pays a dividend yield of 3%. What should be the price of a futures contract on the index for delivery in 1 year and what for delivery in 2 years? The picture shows the solution/ calculation Question is Make a graph that shows the spot price and the one year price

Consider a six-month futures contract on the FTSE 100. Assume the stocks underlying the index provide an annual dividend yield of 6.2% and the value of the index is 6754.5. Calculate the price of the index (to the nearest full index point) if the continuously compounded risk-free interest rate is (i) 6.9% and (ii) 5.

The S&P portfolio pays a dividend yield of 1% annually. Its current value is 2,000. The T-bill rate is 4%. Suppose the S&P futures price for delivery in 1 year is 2,050. Construct an arbitrage strategy to exploit the mispricing and show that your profits 1 year hence will equal the mispricing in the futures market.

Consider these futures market data for the June delivery S&P 500 contract, exactly one year from today. The S&P 500 index is at 2,145, and the June maturity contract is at Fo = 2,146. a. If the current interest rate is 2.5%, and the average dividend rate of the stocks in the index is 1.9%, what fraction of the proceeds of stock short sales would need to be available to you to earn arbitrage profits? (Enter your answer in numbers and not in percentage. Eg; Enter 0.12 and not 12%. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 4 decimal places.) Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Fraction 0.7787

Assume that the Index is currently at 2,000. You manage a $10 million indexed equity portfolio. The Index futures contract has a multiplier of $50. A) If you are temporarily bearish on the stock market, how many contract should you sell to fully eliminate your exposure over the next six months? B) If T-bills pay 2% per six months and the semiannual dividend yield is 1%, what is the parity value of the futures price? Explain with each step and proper formatting.

A stock has a current price of $67. An option on this stock that expires in six months has an exercise price of $65. The stock will pay a dividend of $5 in three months. Assume an annualized volatility of 30% and a continuously compounded risk - free rate of 5% per annum. Use the Black - Sholes - Merton model to price this option. 1) Suppose the option is a European put. Calculate the value of the put. 2) Suppose this option is an American call. Use Black's approximation to calculate the value of this call.

a. A futures contract on a non-dividend-paying stock index with current value $130 has a maturity of one year. If the T-bill rate is 6%, what should the futures price be? b. What should the futures price be if the maturity of the contract is 2 years? c. What if the interest rate is 9% and the maturity of the contract is 2 years? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B Required C A futures contract on a non-dividend-paying stock index with current value $130 has a maturity of one year. If the T-bill rate is 6%, what should the futures price be? Note: Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Futures price