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Assume it is currently June and a grain mill is planning to purchase 54,096 bushels of oats near the end of September. The oat futures contract with September expiration and matching the date of the grain mill's intended purchase has a current price of $5.96/bu and each contract covers 5,000 bushels. Assume the grain mill hedges the purchase of oats using the futures market. Specifically, the grain mill will will take the appropriate position (long or short) in the futures market that will reduce the uncertainty surrounding the total cashflow. Further, the grain mill will determine the appropriate number of futures contracts by rounding down to the nearest whole number.
What is the net cashflow for the grain mill if the spot price of oats in in September is $6.55/bu at the moment the grain mill purchases the grain and the futures contracts expire?
Reminder- a cash inflow should be marked positive and a cash outflow should be marked negative.
Income Tax Fundamentals 2013
ISBN: 9781285586618
31st Edition
Authors: Gerald E. Whittenburg, Martha Altus Buller, Steven L Gill