A candy manufacturer wishes to control risk by hedging its exposure to the price of sugar in the futures market. a) What position should it take in the futures market? b) Assume it takes this position in the futures market when the futures price is 72 cents per ton. How much will the manufacturer gain or lose if the futures price moves to 75 cents per ton? Please show explanation and no excel
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- Sweet Fields has an inventory of 12,320,000 pounds of sugar. The firm wants to place a hedge on this inventory. What should they do to hedge the position if the futures contracts are based on 112,000 pounds and quoted in cents per pound? Upon setup, the spot rate was 9.63. If the price of Sugar falls from 9.63 to 9.51 and the futures contract falls from 9.56 to 9.46; what would have been the result for Sweet Fields? $ What type of risk this this hedge experience?Suppose, on a certain day in February, a speculator observes the following prices in the foreign exchange and currency futures markets: GBP/USD spot: 1.6465 March futures: 1.6425 September futures: 1.6250 December futures: 1.6130 The speculator thinks that the markets are overestimating the weakness of sterling (GBP) against the dollar. How can she act on this view to make a profit? Under what circumstances do her actions lead to a loss?Suppose you observe the following situation: Security Beta Expected Return Pete Corp. 1.70 0.180 Repete Co. 1.39 0.153 What is the risk - free rate? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 3 decimal places.) Risk - free rate % Assume these securities are correctly priced. Based on the CAPM, what is the expected return on the market? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answers to 2 decimal places.) Expected Return on Market Pete Corp. % Repete Co. %
- Suppose you observe the following situation: Security Beta Expected Return Pete Corp. 1.70 0.180 Repete Col 1.39 0.153 What is the risk-free rate? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 3 decimal places) Risk-free rate % Assume these securities are correctly priced. Based on the CAPM, what is the expected return on the market? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answers to 2 decimal places.) Expected Return on Market Pete Corp. Repete Co.%You observe the following quotes for the USD/AUD in the spot market from two banks:Bank of Sydney /Bank of New YorkBid Ask/ Bid Ask0.71711 0.71715 /0.71708 0.71715Do these quotes imply the possibility of earning a profit by using locational arbitrage? If so, calculatethe potential profit if you are able to use AUD 25,000. If not, explain why arbitrage is not possible?(b) You observe the following quotes for the GBP /AUD in the spot market from two banks:Bank of Melbourne/ Bank of LondonBid Ask/ Bid Ask0.5458 0.5459 /0.5514 0.5515Do these quotes imply the possibility of earning a profit by using locational arbitrage? If so, calculatethe potential profit if you are able to use GBP 50,000. If not, explain why arbitrage is not possible?c) You observe the following quotes for the EUR / USD in the spot market from two banks:Deutsche Bank/ Bank of AmericaBid Ask /Bid Ask1.18102 1.18102 /1.18094 1.18100Do these quotes imply the possibility of earning a profit by using locational arbitrage? If…Suppose that the current spot price of corn is $720 per bushel. The one year risk-free rate is 6% per annum. The futures price for delivery of one bushel of corn in one year’s time is $792 per bushel. Assume that net costs (storage costs minus convenience yield) are $15 per bushel (over the next one year). Is the futures contract correctly priced? If not, what is the theoretically correct price for the futures contract and how could you take advantage of any mispricing? Please show full steps and explain.
- A cheese factory wants to protect their purchase price of milk so they hedge in milk futures at a price of $19.10. Expected basis is +$0.90. On the day they exit the futures market, the futures price is $18.90 and actual basis is +$0.50. Find the net price they will pay for milk.a) You observe the following quotes for the USD/AUD in the spot market from two banks: Bank of Sydney Bank of New York Bid Ask Bid Ask 0.71711 0.71715 0.71708 0.71715 Do these quotes imply the possibility of earning a profit by using locational arbitrage? If so, calculate the potential profit if you are able to use AUD 25,000. If not, explain why arbitrage is not possible? (b) You observe the following quotes for the GBP /AUD in the spot market from two banks: Bank of Melbourne Bank of London Bid Ask Bid Ask 0.5458 0.5459 0.5514 0.5515 Do these quotes imply the possibility of earning a profit by using locational arbitrage? If so, calculate the potential profit if you are able to use GBP 50,000. If not, explain why arbitrage is not possible? c) You observe the following quotes for the EUR / USD in the spot market from two banks: Deutsche Bank Bank of America Bid Ask Bid Ask 1.18102 1.18102 1.18094 1.18100 Do these quotes imply the…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
- At time t = 0, a trader takes a long position in a futures contract on stock i that willexpire at time T. the present value of this contract to the long is given by: See Image.Assume no-arbitrage pricing. Show analytically that if the return from stock i is positively correlated with the overall return on the stock market, then the futures market must be in backwardation at time t = 0.Hi, How do i solve this problem using a formula or financial calculator? Two securities, A and B, are available for trading. Prices (at t=0) and future payoffs (at t=1) in bothstates are given in the following table. Assume that both states are equally likely (50% chance of each). There is another security, call it C, whose payoff at t=1 is equal to $300 in the weak state and$600 in the strong state. Find the no-arbitrage price (at t=0) of security C What is the risk-free rate of return in this economy?The table here shows the no-arbitrage prices of securities A and B that we calculated.Cash Flow in One YearSecurity Market Price Today Weak Economy Strong EconomySecurity A 231 0 600Security B 346 600 0a. What are the payoffs of a portfolio of one share of security A and one share of security B?b. What is the market price of this portfolio? What expected return will you earn from holdingthis portfolio Suppose security C has a payoff of $600 when the economy is weak and $1800 when the economy isstrong. The risk-free interest rate is 4%.a. Security C has the same payoffs as which portfolio of the securities A and B in problem A-1?b. What is the no-arbitrage price of security C?c. What is the expected return of security C if both states are equally likely? What is its riskpremium?d. What is the difference between the return of security C when the economy is strong and when itis weak?e. If security C had a risk premium of 10%, what arbitrage opportunity would be available?