Suppose that there are no storage costs for crude oil and the interest rate for borrowing or lending is 4% per annum. a. How could you make money if the June and December futures contracts for a particular year trade at $50 and $56?
b. What position is equivalent to a long forward contract to buy an asset at K on a certain date and a put option to sell it for K on that date. Explain.

What is a sort of auction for stocks in which traders verbally submit their offers?

Security a has a higher standard deviation of returns than security b. we would expect that: (i) security a would have a risk premium equal to security b. (ii) the likely range of returns for security a in any given year would be higher than the likely range of returns for security b. (iii) the sharpe ratio of a will be higher than the sharpe ratio of b. (a) i only (b) i and ii only (c) ii and iii only (d) i, ii and iii

The cost of labor is significantly lower in many countries than in the united states. if you move manufacturing to a facility to a country labeled as part of the axis of evil and a threat to world peace you will increase the net income of your client by $10 million per the facility is located in a country which limits personal freedom and engages in state sponsored terrorism. imagine you are a marketing consultant. (a) what would you tell the executives to do? (b) what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?