Consider a commodity for which there are benefits obtained from ownership of the physical asset that are not obtained by owners of long futures contracts. The , which is the interest cost plus storage cost less the income earned is 5% and the spot price is $10. The futures price with a maturity of one year is $9.90. The yield is a parameter that reflects the benefit of owning the physical asset rather than the paper. The value of this parameter is approximately cost of carry; convenience; +11% cost of carry; convenience; +6% cost of carry; dividend; -6% cost of carry; maturity; -11%