Q1 A long forward contract on a commodity that was negotiated some time ago will expire in 1 months and has a delivery price of $70. The current spot price of the commodity is $59. The risk-free interest rate (with continuous compounding) is 0.09. What is the value of the long forward contract?

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A long forward contract on a commodity that was negotiated some time ago will expire in 1 months and has a delivery price of $70. The current spot price of the commodity is $59. The risk-free interest rate (with continuous compounding) is 0.09. What is the value of the long forward contract?

 

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A short forward contract on an investment asset that yields 0.08 and was negotiated some time ago will expire in 4 months and has a delivery price of $50. The current spot price of the commodity is $48. The risk-free interest rate (with continuous compounding) is 0.02. What is the value of the short forward contract?

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A long forward contract on a commodity that was negotiated some time ago will expire in 2 months and has a delivery price of $76. The current spot price of the commodity is $66. The risk-free interest rate (with continuous compounding) is 2.2%. What is the value of the long forward contract?

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