To hedge the interest rate risk on $4 million of Treasury bonds with $100,000 futures contracts,you would need to purchase
A) 4 contracts.
B) 20 contracts.
C) 25 contracts.
D) 40 contracts.
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Q10: A short contract requires that the investor
A)sell
Q18: Futures contracts are regularly traded on the
A)Chicago
Q20: By hedging a portfolio,a bank manager
A)reduces interest-rate
Q22: By taking the long position on a
Q24: If you bought a long contract on
Q25: The number of futures contracts outstanding is
Q26: By taking the long position on a
Q27: If you sell a $100,000 interest-rate futures
Q28: If you sell twenty-five $100,000 futures contracts
Q31: When the financial institution is hedging interest-rate
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