Maria believes that with Russia invading a neighboring country that the price of wheat is going to increase. Today Maria enters into a contract to buy twenty thousand bushels of wheat on June 1st, 2023 for $9.75 a bushel. If the price of wheat is $10.50 a bushel on June 1, 2023, how much money did Maria gain or lose?

Maria believes that with Russia invading a neighboring country that the price of wheat is going to increase. Today Maria enters into a contract to buy twenty thousand bushels of wheat on June 1st, 2023 for $9.75 a bushel. If the price of wheat is $10.50 a bushel on June 1, 2023, how much money did Maria gain or lose?

CONCEPTS IN FED.TAX.,2020-W/ACCESS

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Chapter12: Nonrecognition Transactions

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