Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 86

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)The forward rate for year 1 is the rate on an investment that starts today and is repaid in one year;it is equivalent to an investment in a one-year zero-coupon bond.
• B)The forward rate is only a good predictor of spot interest rates in the future when investors are risk adverse.
• C)We can use the law of one price to calculate the forward rate from the zero-coupon yield curve.
• D)An interest rate forward contract is a contract today that fixes the interest rate for a loan or investment in the future.

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Definitions:

Net Operating Income

Net operating income reflects the profit a company makes from its operations, exclusive of taxes and interest.

Variable Costs

are expenses that change in proportion to the activity of a business, such as raw material costs, which increase with the level of production.

Direct Labor

Factory labor costs that can be easily traced to individual units of product. Also called touch labor.

Contribution Margin

The amount by which sales revenue exceeds variable costs of production, indicating the contribution towards covering fixed costs.