A futures contract is a commitment to make or take delivery of a specific quantity of a commodity or other financial obligation at a predetermined place and time in the future. All terms of the contract are standardized and established beforehand‚ except for the price‚ which is determined by open outcry in a pit or ring on the exchange trading floor of a commodity exchange. All contracts ultimately are settled either through liquidation (by offsetting purchases or sales) or by the delivery of the
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Proceedings of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference M. E. Kuhl‚ N. M. Steiger‚ F. B. Armstrong‚ and J. A. Joines‚ eds. RISK MANAGEMENT IN SUPPLY NETWORKS USING MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION Léa A. Deleris Feryal Erhun Department of Management Science and Engineering Stanford University Stanford‚ CA 94305 U.S.A. ABSTRACT Trends such as (1) globalization‚ (2) heavy reliance on transportation and communication infrastructures‚ and (3) lean manufacturing have led to an increase in the vulnerability of
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Bank provides the dollar amount‚ say $250‚000‚ in digital form in our mortgage account. As $250‚000 is a large amount of money‚ the bank is subject to substantial credit risk (e.g.‚ we may lose our job) and demands a collateral. Although the money itself is not subject to large variations in price (besides inflation risk‚ it is difficult to imagine a reason for money to vary in value)‚ the Bank knows that we want to buy a house‚ and real estate prices vary substantially. Therefore‚ the Bank
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A PROJECT REPORT ON AN ANALYTICL STUDY OF DERIVATIVES IN FUTURES WITH REFERENCE TO UNICON SECURITIES Submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the Master of Business Administration [pic] I‚ under signed here by declare that the project report entitled “AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF DERIVATIVES IN FUTURES WITH REFERENCE TO UNICON SECURITIES”‚ and this project is submitted to XXXXXX‚ affiliated to XXXX‚ is drafted by me and is original work of my own.
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Multiple choice type questions for Financial Instruments and Markets As requested‚ below are questions from my "data base" of multiple choice type questions. I do not expect to be able to put the answers on the web before your final exam. I do not have a "data base" of the answers to these questions. Some of these questions are on material that was on the first exam and other questions are on material that I covered last year but did not cover this year (such as margin‚ selling stock short).
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Kogarah are of two Sydney suburbs in Australia. Maroubra is a beach suburb while Kogarah is a residential one. There are similarities and differences between these two suburbs. This report will compare and contract information on aspects and features of people‚ housing and services. There are some similarities and differences in people. As for population‚ Maroubra has 26500 people whereas Kogarah has only 10900 people. The two suburbs have the largest age group from 20 years old to
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tistisSolution: Exercise 1 1. What is the difference between a long forward position and a short forward position? Ans: When the enters into a long forward contract‚ he/she is agreeing to buy the underlying asset for a certain price at a certain time in future. When the enters into a short forward contract‚ he/she is agreeing to sell the underlying asset for a certain price at a certain time in future. 2. Explain carefully the difference between hedging‚ speculation‚ and arbitrage. Ans:
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Rainfall Future Contracts Throughout the year‚ there are different seasons that could have several impacts on many industries. To be precise‚ the elements of weather can actually impact a company and how well they do during the different seasons of the year. Rainfall is a part of our life in some areas‚ almost daily‚ and others randomly‚ affecting every business in some sort of way. Although we can’t predict or control the weather‚ there is a way companies can hedge any losses that weather could
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way(s) is Tiffany exposed to exchange-rate risk subsequent to its new distribution agreement with Mitsukoshi? How serious are these risks? Answer: About 15% of (1992) sales of $492mln or ~ $75mln will now be earned in Yen‚ but will have to be reported in $. At a Net Income (1992) of $25mln‚ the risks caused by this exposure are significant. Data from exhibit 6 shows that in a 6-month period (Apr-Sep) exchange rates fluctuated as much as 10%. (from 133.30 ¥/$ to 120.07 ¥/$). A 10% downward fluctuation
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Commodity Forwards: with some focus on crude oil 6-1 Same concept applies… • In general‚ commodity forward prices can be found using the same economic principles used for financial forward prices: F0‚T = S0 e (r − δ )T but the details will be different 6-2 Dirty details • For financial assets‚ δ is the dividend yield • For commodities‚ δ is the commodity lease rate The lease rate is the return that makes an investor willing to buy and lend a commodity • Some commodities
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