A U.S. FI wishes to hedge a €10,000,000 loan using euro currency futures. Each euro futures contract is for 125,000 euros, and the hedge ratio is 1.40. The loan is payable in one year in euros.
-How many currency contracts are necessary to hedge this asset?
A) 112 contracts.
B) 57 contracts.
C) 80 contracts.
D) 75 contracts.
E) 42 contracts.
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