Today refers to the 2/26/16 Wall Street Journal. (The answers would be the same if today were
Question:
Today refers to the 2/26/16 Wall Street Journal.
(The answers would be the same if today were 05/19/21)
Futures prices are related to the following:
spot price, cost of carry (financing cost + storage cost) & convenience value.
Fill out the boxes in columns (b), (c) & (d) of the table below to indicate whether these costs are positive (+), negative (-) or zero (0) by placing +, - or 0 in the appropriate box where
Column (a) represents the Financing Cost (FC) in a cash & carry arbitrage.
Since the FC is a cash outflow, this column is all + as shown.
Column (b) represents the Storage Cost (SC) in today’s market.
Column (c) represents the sum of these costs (FC + SC) in today’s market.
Column (d) represents the Convenience Value in today’s market.
NOTE: Cash Outflows are positive (+) costs; Cash Inflows are negative (-) costs.
In column (e), indicate whether the market structure of the futures contracts on these commodities, as evidenced by the prices today, are in contango or backwardation by placing a C or B in column (e).
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Commodity | Financing Cost | Storage Cost | Financing Cost + Storage Cost | Convenience Value | Market Structure |
GOLD | + | ||||
SP500 | + | ||||
BONDS | + | ||||
COPPER | + |
For the copper futures contract, the answers to columns (b), (c), (d) and (e) are respectively
-, +, 0, B | ||
+, +, 0, C | ||
+, +, +, B | ||
+, +, +, C |
Accounting
ISBN: 978-0324401844
22nd Edition
Authors: Carl S. Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan E. Duchac