Use 3 of Futures Contracts - pure speculation with leverage effect to +92U Example 8: Today,...

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Use 3 of Futures Contracts - pure speculation with leverage effect to +92U Example 8: Today, the gross price of a 5-year bond with $1,000 principal amount is 103.199. At the same moment, the price of the 5-year (meaning 5-year maturity for the underlying bond) future contract that expires in three months is 101.521. Its nominal amount is $1,000,000, and the deposit margin is $5,000. gnivhsbm od vu8 (9) An investor with $1,000,000 at disposal anticipates that rates will decrease in a short-term period. He can either invest in the bond or invest in the future contract. Two months later, the price of the bond turns to be 105.227 as the future price turns to be 103.537. Questions: 1) if investor invests in the bond, what is his profit or loss in two months? atqz I 2) if investor invest in the future contract, what is his profit or loss in two months? Use 3 of Futures Contracts - pure speculation with leverage effect to +92U Example 8: Today, the gross price of a 5-year bond with $1,000 principal amount is 103.199. At the same moment, the price of the 5-year (meaning 5-year maturity for the underlying bond) future contract that expires in three months is 101.521. Its nominal amount is $1,000,000, and the deposit margin is $5,000. gnivhsbm od vu8 (9) An investor with $1,000,000 at disposal anticipates that rates will decrease in a short-term period. He can either invest in the bond or invest in the future contract. Two months later, the price of the bond turns to be 105.227 as the future price turns to be 103.537. Questions: 1) if investor invests in the bond, what is his profit or loss in two months? atqz I 2) if investor invest in the future contract, what is his profit or loss in two months?