Cow's Milk Creamery, Inc

question 70

Multiple Choice

Cow's Milk Creamery, Inc., needs a certain part for its pasteurizing equipment to continue its operations and orders one for $3,000 from Dairy Supplies Company. Cow's Milk tells Dairy Supplies that it must receive the part by Tuesday or it will lose $10,000. Dairy Supplies ships the part late. Cow's Milk can recover

• A) ​$13,000.
• B) ​$10,000.
• C) ​$3,000.
• D) ​$0.

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Definitions:

Futures Contract

A financial contract obligating the buyer to purchase, and the seller to sell, a particular asset at a predetermined future date and price.

Hedger

An individual or entity that enters into a financial contract to mitigate the risk of adverse price movements in an asset.

Swap Contract

A financial agreement where two parties exchange liabilities or cash flows from two different financial instruments for a set period.

Forward Contracts

Customized contracts between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specified price on a future date.