Since most consumers of natural gas do not have the ability to store it, they contract with gas suppliers to receive a flow of natural gas equal to a specific number of MMBT's per day (MMBT is millions of British Termal Units, the unit in which gas futures are quoted on the U.S. markets). To protect against price increases with a bank, the natural gas consumer, concerned with the average price over the course of the month, will use the following contracts:
Answer(s): B
Which of the following statements defines Value-at-risk (VaR)?
Answer(s): D
James Johnson bought a 3-year plain vanilla bond that has yield of 4.7% and 4% coupon paid annually, for $87,139. Macauley's duration of the bond is 2.94 years. Rate volatility is 20% of the yield. The bond's annualized volatility is therefore:
A corporate bond gives a yield of 6%. A same maturity government bond yields 2%. The probability of the corporate bond defaulting is 2.5%. In case of default, investors expect to lose 60% of their investment. The risk premium in the credit spread is:
Answer(s): C
To protect the oranges harvest price level, a farmer needs to take a hedge position. Provided that he produces the amount he hedged, which one of the following four strategies will allow the farmer to accomplish his goal?
Answer(s): A
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