Financial Derivatives (N1559) – Spring 2024
Seminar Questions Week 2
1. (JC 4.4) What are the costs and benefits to a corn grower trading a forward contract? If she is expecting a harvest in three months, should she buy or sell the derivative?
2. (JC 11.2) The current price of Your Beloved machine’s stock is $109. The continuously compounded interest rate is 5.25 percent per year. What will be the five-month forward price of YBM stock?
3. (JC 11.3) The spot price of silver is $30 per ounce. The simple interest rate is 6 percent per year. The quoted six-month forward price for silver is $31.
(a) What should be the arbitrage-free forward price for silver for a forward contract maturing in six months?
(b) Demonstrate how you can make arbitrage profits in this market.
4. (JC 11.11) Today is January 1. Forward prices for gold forward maturing on April 1 is $1,500 per ounce. The simple interest rate is 6 percent per year. What would be the forward price for a contract on gold maturing on August 1?
5. (JC 11.18) Explain the difference between the forward price and the value of a forward contract. How are they related?
6. (JC 12.14) Today’s spot exchange rate SA is $1.30 per euro in American terms. The continuously compounded annual risk-free interest rates are r = 4 percent in the United States (domestic) and rE = 3 in the Eurozone. What is the four-month forward rate in American terms if the cost-of-carry model holds?
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