Suppose that the September 90-day Eurodollar futures contract has a price of $96.4 today. A firm expects to borrow $50 million for 3 months in September at the LIBOR, and intends to use the Eurodollar futures contract to hedge its future borrowing rate. a) What rate can the firm secure today by using the Eurodollar contract? b) Will the firm go long or short the Eurodollar contract? How many contracts will it buy/sell? c) Suppose that the spot 3-month LIBOR is 4% (annualized) in September. Explain how the firm met its objective of locking in a return on its future borrowing.
Suppose that the September 90-day Eurodollar futures contract has a price of $96.4 today. A firm expects to borrow $50 million for 3 months in September at the LIBOR, and intends to use the Eurodollar futures contract to hedge its future borrowing rate. a) What rate can the firm secure today by using the Eurodollar contract? b) Will the firm go long or short the Eurodollar contract? How many contracts will it buy/sell? c) Suppose that the spot 3-month LIBOR is 4% (annualized) in September. Explain how the firm met its objective of locking in a return on its future borrowing.
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Suppose that the September 90-day Eurodollar futures contract has a price of $96.4 today. A firm expects to borrow $50 million for 3 months in September at the LIBOR, and intends to use the Eurodollar futures contract to hedge its future borrowing rate.
a) What rate can the firm secure today by using the Eurodollar contract?
b) Will the firm go long or short the Eurodollar contract? How many contracts will it
buy/sell?
c) Suppose that the spot 3-month LIBOR is 4% (annualized) in September. Explain
how the firm met its objective of locking in a return on its future borrowing.
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