One Chicago has just introduced a new single stock futures contract on the stock of Brandex, a company that currently pays no ividends. Each contract calls for delivery of 2,000 shares of stock in one year. The T-bill rate is 4% per year. . If Brandex stock now sells at $250 per share, what should the futures price be? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Answer is complete and correct. S 260.00 Futures price

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One Chicago has just introduced a new single stock futures contract on the stock of Brandex, a company that currently pays no
dividends. Each contract calls for delivery of 2,000 shares of stock in one year. The T-bill rate is 4% per year.
a. If Brandex stock now sells at $250 per share, what should the futures price be? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Answer is complete and correct.
Futures price $260.00
b. If the Brandex stock price drops by 2.5%, what will be the change in the futures price and the change in the investor's margin
account? (Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
New futures price
S
Investor's margin account gains X S
263.64 X
7,280.00
c. If the margin on the contract is $50,000, what is the percentage return on the investor's position? (Negative amount should be
indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
14.56 X %
Percentage return
Transcribed Image Text:One Chicago has just introduced a new single stock futures contract on the stock of Brandex, a company that currently pays no dividends. Each contract calls for delivery of 2,000 shares of stock in one year. The T-bill rate is 4% per year. a. If Brandex stock now sells at $250 per share, what should the futures price be? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Answer is complete and correct. Futures price $260.00 b. If the Brandex stock price drops by 2.5%, what will be the change in the futures price and the change in the investor's margin account? (Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Answer is complete but not entirely correct. New futures price S Investor's margin account gains X S 263.64 X 7,280.00 c. If the margin on the contract is $50,000, what is the percentage return on the investor's position? (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Answer is complete but not entirely correct. 14.56 X % Percentage return
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