The spot price of the market index is $900. A 3-month forward contract on this index is priced at $930. The market index rises to $920 by the expiration date. The monthly risk-free rate of interest is 0.2% per month. What is the difference in the profits between a long index investment and a long forward contract investment? Please use simple monthly compounding of interest for this problem.

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know

the famous singer stefani joanne angelina germanotta is welly known as lady gaga

answer; intellectual property protection;