A stock is expected to pay a dividend of $1 per share in two months and in five months. The stock price is $56, and the risk-free rate (with continuous compounding) is 8% for all maturities. An investor has just taken a long position in a seven-month forward contract on the stock. (1) What are the forward price and the initial value of the forward contract? (2) Three months later, the price of the stock is $60 and the risk-free rate is still 8%. What are the forward price and the value of the forward contract?

A stock is expected to pay a dividend of $1 per share in two months and in five months. The stock price is $56, and the risk-free rate (with continuous compounding) is 8% for all maturities. An investor has just taken a long position in a seven-month forward contract on the stock. (1) What are the forward price and the initial value of the forward contract? (2) Three months later, the price of the stock is $60 and the risk-free rate is still 8%. What are the forward price and the value of the forward contract?

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Today is January 3. Your friend David has just bought a futures contract on a stock index, and the contract specifies one year to expiration. The current share price is $80, and the annually compounded interest rate is 10%. The stock will pay quarterly dividends of $2 during the next year, with dividends payments on the following dates: January 25 April 25 July 25 October 25 Assume that this is a non-leap year. c. What is the value of this futures contract on February 17 if the spot price turns out to be $90 on that day? d. Suppose that, instead of paying a quarterly dividend of $2, the stock index has an annual dividend yield of 10%. The continuously compounded interest rate is 10.52%. What is the price of the index futures on January 3? What is its value on February 17 when the index turns out to be $90?
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