Consider a stock that will pay a dividend of D dollars in one year, which is when a futures contract matures. Consider the following strategy: Buy the Stock, short a futures contract on the stock, and borrow
a. What are the cash flows now and in one year? (Hint: Remember the dividend the
stock will pay.)
b. Show that the
c. Call the dividend yield
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