Your utility company will need to buy 100,000 barrels of oil in 10 days' time, and...

  

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Your utility company will need to buy 100,000 barrels of oil in 10 days' time, and it is worried about fuel costs. Suppose you go long (buy) 100 oil futures contracts, each for 1000 barrels of oil, at the current futures price of $60.04 per barrel. Suppose futures prices change each day as follows. 1 a. What is the marking-to-market profit or loss (in dollars) that you will have on each date? b. What is your total profit or loss after 10 days? Have you been protected against a rise in oil prices? c. What is the largest cumulative loss you will experience over the 10-day period? In what case might this be a problem? a. What is the marking-to-market profit or loss (in dollars) that you will have on each date? (Round the price change to the nearest cent and the profit/loss to the nearest dollar.) Day 0 1 Day 1 2 Price $ 60.04 $ 59.51 $ (Round the price change to the nearest cent and the profit/loss to the nearest dollar.) Day 2 3 Price Day 3 4 Price $ 59.51 $ 57.46 $ $ (Round the price change to the nearest cent and the profit/loss to the nearest dollar.) Price Price Change Price Price Change Price Price Change $ 57.46 $ 57.76 $ (Round the price change to the nearest cent and the profit/loss to the nearest dollar.) Price Price Change Profit/Loss Price Change $ Profit/Loss $ 57.76 $ 57.99 $ (Round the price change to the nearest cent and the profit/loss to the nearest dollar.) Price Change Profit/Loss Price Change $ Profit/Loss Day 4 $ 57.99 59.54 $ 5 $ (Round the price change to the nearest cent and the profit/loss to the nearest dollar.) $ Profit/Loss $ Day 5 $ 59.54 $ 6 $ 60.51 $ (Round the price change to the nearest cent and the profit/loss to the nearest dollar.) Profit/Loss Profit/Loss Day 6 $ 60.51 60.73 $ 7 $ $ (Round the price change to the nearest cent and the profit/loss to the nearest dollar.) Your utility company will need to buy 100,000 barrels of oil in 10 days' time, and it is worried about fuel costs. Suppose you go long (buy) 100 oil futures contracts, each for 1000 barrels of oil, at the current futures price of $60.04 per barrel. Suppose futures prices change each day as follows. 1 a. What is the marking-to-market profit or loss (in dollars) that you will have on each date? b. What is your total profit or loss after 10 days? Have you been protected against a rise in oil prices? c. What is the largest cumulative loss you will experience over the 10-day period? In what case might this be a problem? a. What is the marking-to-market profit or loss (in dollars) that you will have on each date? (Round the price change to the nearest cent and the profit/loss to the nearest dollar.) Day 0 1 Day 1 2 Price $ 60.04 $ 59.51 $ (Round the price change to the nearest cent and the profit/loss to the nearest dollar.) Day 2 3 Price Day 3 4 Price $ 59.51 $ 57.46 $ $ (Round the price change to the nearest cent and the profit/loss to the nearest dollar.) Price Price Change Price Price Change Price Price Change $ 57.46 $ 57.76 $ (Round the price change to the nearest cent and the profit/loss to the nearest dollar.) Price Price Change Profit/Loss Price Change $ Profit/Loss $ 57.76 $ 57.99 $ (Round the price change to the nearest cent and the profit/loss to the nearest dollar.) Price Change Profit/Loss Price Change $ Profit/Loss Day 4 $ 57.99 59.54 $ 5 $ (Round the price change to the nearest cent and the profit/loss to the nearest dollar.) $ Profit/Loss $ Day 5 $ 59.54 $ 6 $ 60.51 $ (Round the price change to the nearest cent and the profit/loss to the nearest dollar.) Profit/Loss Profit/Loss Day 6 $ 60.51 60.73 $ 7 $ $ (Round the price change to the nearest cent and the profit/loss to the nearest dollar.)