Consider the following two scenarios whereby the cost-of-carry model is violated. You are required to select appropriate missing words and fill in question 1. a. long b. spot c. over priced d. short arbitrage e. under priced f. long arbitrage g. futures h. short Question 1 a. If ft >S0 (1 + rf - d)^t, then the( ) is ( )relative to ( ) or equivalently, the quoted futures price is higher than what it should be. Thus, the correct arbitrage strategy should be: ( ) the futures contract and ( )the spot market. This strategy is also known as ( ). b. If ft

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Consider the following two scenarios whereby the cost-of-carry model is violated. You are required to select appropriate missing words and fill in question 1.

a. long

b. spot

c. over priced

d. short arbitrage

e. under priced

f. long arbitrage

g. futures

h. short

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a. If ft >S0 (1 + rf - d)^t, then the( ) is ( )relative to ( ) or equivalently, the quoted futures price is higher than what it should be. Thus, the correct arbitrage strategy should be: ( ) the futures contract and ( )the spot market. This strategy is also known as ( ).

b. If ft <S0 (1 + rf - d)^t, then the( ) is ( )relative to ( ) or equivalently, the quoted futures price is lower than what it should be. Thus, the correct arbitrage strategy should be: ( ) the futures contract and ( )the spot market. This strategy is also known as ( ).

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