Given a continuously compounded risk-free rate of 3% annually, at what lease rate will forward prices equal

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Given a continuously compounded risk-free rate of 3% annually, at what lease rate will forward prices equal the current commodity price? (Recall the copper example in Section 6.3.) If the lease rate were 3.5%, would there be contango or backwardation?
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Derivatives Markets

ISBN: 9789332536746

3rd Edition

Authors: Robert McDonald

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