Financial Investments

Chapter 7, Part-I - Practice quizzes

Nelson Areal

Practice exercises

These are multiple choice questions that should be used to practice your level of mastery of the material.

They are sample exercises and should not be interpreted as a complete set of exercises that can be created for this chapter material.

Please note that doing the required readings is essential.

Question 1

The current level of the S&P 500 is 1837.35. The annual dividend yield on the S&P 500 is 2.64%. The annual risk-free interest rate is 2.57%. The futures price for a contract on the S&P 500 due to expire 10 months from now should be:

O índice do S&P 500 está presentemente a 1837.35 pontos. A rendibilidade anual pelos dividendos desse índice é de 2.64%, e um investimento isento de risco proporciona uma rendibilidade anual de 2.57%. O preço de um contrato de futuros sobre o índice S&P 500 com maturidade dentro de 10 meses deverá ser de:

1824.53

1836.28

1916.78

3053.25

1837.35\times(1+2.57\%-2.64\%)^{(10/12)} = 1,836.28

Question 2

The futures price for a contract on gold due to expire 10 months from now is 879.88. The annual dividend yield on the S&P 500 is 3.51%. The annual risk-free interest rate is 4.83%. The spot price of gold should be:

O preço de um contrato de futuros sobre o ouro com maturidade dentro de 10 meses é de 879.88. A rendibilidade anual pelos dividendos do índice S&P 500 é de 3.51%. A taxa isenta de risco anual é de 4.83%. O preço do ouro no mercado à vista (“spot price”) deverá ser:

548.99

845.96

870.32

915.16

Calculate the implied spot price from the future price.

\frac{879.88}{(1+4.83\%)^{(10/12)}}=845.96

Question 3

Company X, is a company that currently pays no dividends. Each future contract on firm X stock, call for delivery of 100 shares of stock in 12 months. The T-bill rate is 4.65% per year. The current stock price is $11 and initial margin on the contract is $110. If the stock price of X changes immediately by -0.81%, what will be the change in the futures price? (Assume that the investor bought the future contract.)

A empresa X não distribui dividendos. Cada futuro sobre as acções desta empresa implica a transacção de 100 acções daqui a 12 meses. A taxa anual isenta de risco é de 4.65%. As acções estão a ser transaccionadas neste momento a $11, e a margem inicial do contrato é de $110. Se o preço das acções se alterar imediatamente em -0.81%, qual será a variação do preço dos contratos de futuros sobre as acções desta empresa? (Assuma que o investor comprou o contrato de futuros.)

-0.81%

-0.04%

0.04%

0.81%

F_0 = 11*(1+4.65\%) = 11.5115\\

The new spot and future prices after the drop are: S^*_0 = 11*(1-0.81\%)=10.9109\\ F^*_0 =S^*_0 * (1+4.65\%)= 11.4183\\

And the change of the future price is then: (F^*_0 - F_0)/F_0 = -0.81\%

Question 4

Company X, is a company that currently pays no dividends. Each future contract on firm X stock, call for delivery of 100 shares of stock in 12 months. The T-bill rate is 4.65% per year. The current stock price is $11 and initial margin on the contract is $110. If the stock price of X changes immediatly by -0.81%, what will be the gain or loss to the investor? (Assume that the investor bought the future contract.)

A empresa X não distribui dividendos. Cada futuro sobre as acções desta empresa implica a transacção de 100 acções daqui a 12 meses. A taxa anual isenta de risco é de 4.65%. As acções estão a ser transaccionadas neste momento a $11, e a margem inicial do contrato é de $110. Se o preço das acções se alterar imediatamente em -0.81%, qual será o ganho/perda para o investidor? (Assuma que o investor comprou o contrato de futuros.)

$8.91

-$0.09

-$8.91

-$9.32

Calculate the change in the margin account.

F_0 = 11*(1+4.65\%) = 11.5115\\

The new spot and future prices after the drop are: S^*_0 = 11\times(1-0.81\%)=10.9109\\ F^*_0 =S^*_0 \times (1+4.65\%)= 11.4183\\

The change in the margin account is then: (F^*_0 - F_0) \times 100 = (11.4183 - 11.5115)\times 100 = -9.32

Question 5

Company X, is a company that currently pays no dividends. Each future contract on firm X stock, call for delivery of 100 shares of stock in 12 months. The T-bill rate is 4.65% per year. The current stock price is $11 and initial margin on the contract is $110. If the stock price of X changes immediatly by -0.81%, what will be the percentage return on the investors position? (Assume that the investor bought the future contract.)

A empresa X não distribui dividendos. Cada futuro sobre as acções desta empresa implica a transacção de 100 acções daqui a 12 meses. A taxa anual isenta de risco é de 4.65%. As acções estão a ser transaccionadas neste momento a $11, e a margem inicial do contrato é de $110. Se o preço das acções se alterar imediatamente em -0.81%, qual será rendibilidade dessa posição? (Assuma que o investor comprou o contrato de futuros.)

-8.65%

-8.47%

-0.82%

-0.81%

What is the investor return on that investment?

F_0 = 11*(1+4.65\%) = 11.5115\\

The new spot and future prices after the drop are: S^*_0 = 11\times(1-0.81\%)=10.9109\\ F^*_0 =S^*_0 \times (1+4.65\%)= 11.4183\\

The change in the margin account is then: (F^*_0 - F_0) \times 100 = (11.4183 - 11.5115)\times 100 = -9.32

The return is simply: -9.32/110=-0.0847

Question 6

A farmer enters into a short corn futures contract at a price of $2.02 per bushel. The spot price of corn increases to $3.04 when the contract expires and the farmer delivers her corn. If the farmer harvested 7000 bushels of corn and had futures contracts on 10000 bushels of corn, what is the farmer’s net proceeds when all her corn production is sold?

Um agricultor entra numa posição curta num contrato de futuros sobre o milho com um preço de $2.02 por alqueire. O preço do milho sobe para $3.04 aquando da maturidade do contrato. Se o agricultor produziu 7000 alqueires de milho e tinha contratos de futuros sobre 10000 alqueries de milho, quais as receitas líquidas do agricultor aquando da venda da sua produção de milho na data de maturidade desse contrato?

11080

14140

21280

30400

Calculate the cash flow at the contract maturity of the overall farmer portfolio.

The farmer sells the 10000 bushes for the agreed future price of $2.02, but since she only produced 7000 bushes she will need to buy the remaining 3000 bushes on the market, this results in the follwing cash-flow:

(2.02 \times 10000) - (3.04 \times 3000) = 11 080