On January 15, 2007 (today = time 0), a firm is worried that the interest rate may
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On January 15, 2007 (today = time 0), a firm is worried that the interest rate may decline in the next six months, when it will receive the payment from the sale of a piece of equipment. In particular, the firm will receive on July 15, 2007 a $200 million receivable that needs to be invested for another six months. The firm decides to go long on 90-day Eurodollar futures contracts (contract size is $1M). The quoted futures price on this day is $91.72. Over the life of the contract the prices move as given below:
15-Jan-07 91.72
16-Jan-07 91.88
17-Jan-07 91.65
15-July-07 93.59
How many futures contracts should the firm go long?
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