You enter into a 1-year futures contract on a non-dividend paying stock when the stock price is $100 and the risk-free interest rate is 5% per annum. Six months later the stock price has fallen to $90, and the interest rate is 4% per annum. Which of the answers below is closest to the change in the futures price? Assume discrete compounding and discounting. Question 6Answer a. -12.34 b. -11.40 c. -10.00 d. -13.20

You enter into a 1-year futures contract on a non-dividend paying stock when the stock price is $100 and the risk-free interest rate is 5% per annum. Six months later the stock price has fallen to $90, and the interest rate is 4% per annum. Which of the answers below is closest to the change in the futures price? Assume discrete compounding and discounting. Question 6Answer a. -12.34 b. -11.40 c. -10.00 d. -13.20

Intermediate Financial Management (MindTap Course List)

13th Edition

ISBN:9781337395083

Author:Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves

Publisher:Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves

Chapter5: Financial Options

Section: Chapter Questions

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