A non-dividend paying asset is current priced at $25 and the risk-free interest rate is 8% per annum. Today, you enter into a six-month futures contract to buy a unit of this asset. Three months from now the underlying price has fallen to $20 (but note that the interest rate has not moved). Which of the answers below is closest to the fall in the futures price? Use discrete discounting. a. $4.50 b. $6.50 c. $7.50 d. $5.50

A non-dividend paying asset is current priced at $25 and the risk-free interest rate is 8% per annum. Today, you enter into a six-month futures contract to buy a unit of this asset. Three months from now the underlying price has fallen to $20 (but note that the interest rate has not moved). Which of the answers below is closest to the fall in the futures price? Use discrete discounting. a. $4.50 b. $6.50 c. $7.50 d. $5.50

International Financial Management

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Chapter11: Managing Transaction Exposure

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