Essentials of Investments (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
Essentials of Investments (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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ISBN: 9780077835422
Author: Zvi Bodie Professor, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 25PS
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To calculate:

The profit or loss of the contract for December 15 delivery, that closes in December at $3.95 per bushel.

Introduction:

A futures contract is one where the delivery of the asset happens on the maturity date and at the agreed upon price. This agreed upon price is referred to as the futures price. These are legal contracts that allow buying and selling of underlying assets at a specific future date for a specified price. The future contracts are traded on the stock exchanges. These are generally used as hedging tools. In these standardized contracts, the traders are obliged to sell or to purchase the underlying assets.

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