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6. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using futures options to hedge as compared to futures contracts. Explain in detail. (commodity price risk management)

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What are the major advantages of futures contracts compared to forwards? Why are futures contracts marked to market every day? Why are they standardized? What are the disadvantages of futures contracts?

A company will buy 1000 units of a certain commodity in one year. It decides to hedge 80% of its exposure using futures contracts. Spot price and futures price are currently $100 and $90. The one year futures price of the commodity is $90. If the spot price and the futures price in one year turn out to be $112 and $110 respectively, what is the average price paid for the commodity?

1. Futures Contracts Describe the general charac- teristics of a futures contract. How does a clearinghouse facilitate the trading of financial futures contracts?

2. Futures Pricing How does the price of a financial futures contract change as the market price of the security it represents changes? Why?

3. Hedging with Futures Explain why some futures contracts may be more suitable than others for hedging exposure to interest rate risk.

4. Treasury Bond Futures Will speculators buy or sell Treasury bond futures contracts if they expect interest rates to increase? Explain

7. Hedging with Futures Assume a financial institution has more rate-sensitive assets than rate-sensitive liabilities. Would it be more likely to be adversely affected by an increase or a decrease in interest rates? Should it purchase or sell interest rate futures contracts in order to hedge its exposure?

8. Hedging with Futures Assume a financial institution has more rate-sensitive liabilities than rate- sensitive assets. Would it be more likely to be adversely affected by an increase or a decrease in interest rates.

Should it purchase or sell interest rate futures contracts in order to hedge its exposure?

9. Hedging Decision Why do some financial insti- tutions remain exposed to interest rate risk, even when they believe that the use of interest rate futures could reduce their exposure?

10. Long versus Short Hedge Explain the difference between a long hedge and a short hedge used by financial institutions. When is a long hedge more appropriate than a short hedge?

11. Impact of Futures Hedge Explain how the probability distribution of a financial institution’s returns is affected when it uses interest rate futures to hedge. What does this imply about its risk?

12. Cross-Hedging Describe the act of cross-hedging. What determines the effectiveness of a cross-hedge?

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