You have a large interest payment to make three months from now, and you hedge it by selling a 3-month futures contract. If interest rates go up then   Question 14 options:   Futures price falls and you earn a profit   Futures price rises and you earn a loss   Futures price falls and you earn a loss   Futures price rises and you earn a profit

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