1. If you buy a nine-month T-bill future, you undertake to buy a three-month bill in nine months’ time. Suppose that Treasury bills and notes currently offer the following yields:
Months to Maturity
Annual Yield
3
6%
6
6.5
9
7
12
8
What is the value of a nine-month bill future?
2. Contains spot and six-month futures prices for several commodities and financial instruments. There may be some money-making opportunities. See if you can find them, and explain how you would trade to take advantage of them. The interest rate is 14.5%, or 7% over the six-month life of the contracts.
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