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Consider a 6-months futures contract on gold. We assume no income and that $1 per ounce per 6-months to store gold, with the payment being made at the end of the period. The spot price is $1620 and risk free rate is 2% for all maturities. How can an arbitrageur earn profit is the price of 6-month gold futures is 1630$?
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