Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 23, Problem 8CRCT
Summary Introduction
To discuss: Hedging strategies that a company might use when interest rates are expected to increase the next year.
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Hedging interest rate risk is significant to an organization when issuing bonds. The rise of an interest rate will augment the coupon payment of the company. Mostly, the firms are using derivative instruments such as futures contracts and options contracts to hedge the interest rate risk of the company.
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