The one-year futures price on a particular stock-index portfolio is 4,480, the stock index currently is 4,400, the one-year risk-free interest rate is 3%, and the year-end dividend that will be paid on a $4,400 investment in the index portfolio is $44. Required: By how much is the contract mispriced? Note: Input the amount as a positive value. Use the dropdown to indicate whether the contract is above or below its parity value. × Answer is complete but not entirely correct. The futures price is S 9 × below its "proper" or parity value.
The one-year futures price on a particular stock-index portfolio is 4,480, the stock index currently is 4,400, the one-year risk-free interest rate is 3%, and the year-end dividend that will be paid on a $4,400 investment in the index portfolio is $44. Required: By how much is the contract mispriced? Note: Input the amount as a positive value. Use the dropdown to indicate whether the contract is above or below its parity value. × Answer is complete but not entirely correct. The futures price is S 9 × below its "proper" or parity value.
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![The one-year futures price on a particular stock-index portfolio is 4,480, the stock index currently is 4,400, the one-year risk-free
interest rate is 3%, and the year-end dividend that will be paid on a $4,400 investment in the index portfolio is $44.
Required:
By how much is the contract mispriced?
Note: Input the amount as a positive value. Use the dropdown to indicate whether the contract is above or below its parity value.
× Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
The futures price is
S
9 × below
its "proper" or parity
value.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fc9737efd-391f-457a-98f6-aa044a0527f1%2F9242c697-66fb-4e74-8640-ff167b6cddca%2F91v4ph_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:The one-year futures price on a particular stock-index portfolio is 4,480, the stock index currently is 4,400, the one-year risk-free
interest rate is 3%, and the year-end dividend that will be paid on a $4,400 investment in the index portfolio is $44.
Required:
By how much is the contract mispriced?
Note: Input the amount as a positive value. Use the dropdown to indicate whether the contract is above or below its parity value.
× Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
The futures price is
S
9 × below
its "proper" or parity
value.
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