PQZ has entered a swap with a dealer on 50,000 bushels of corn. For each of the
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PQZ has entered a swap with a dealer on 50,000 bushels of corn. For each of the next three months, PQZ will pay the dealer $4.00 per bushel minus the spot price of corn.
The corn forward prices for each of the next three months are $3.80, $3.95 and $4.20 per bushel.
The riskless interest rate is 4% (annualized and continuously compounded) for all maturities less than six months.
How would the dealer use forward contracts to hedge the risk of its position in the swap?
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