The Risk That Arises Because the Value of the Futures

question 76

Multiple Choice

The risk that arises because the value of the futures contract will not be perfectly correlated with the firm's exposure is called:

• A)commodity price risk.
• B)basis risk.
• C)liquidity risk.
• D)speculation risk.
• E)margin risk.

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Definitions:

Independent Variable

A variable that is manipulated or categorized to observe its effect on a dependent variable, without being affected by other variables in the experiment.

Error Variable

It represents the difference between observed and theoretical values in statistical models, attributable to randomness or unforeseen factors.

Standard Deviation

A calculation that determines the spread or inconsistency among values in a series, illustrating how far these values stray from their central value.

Significance Level

A statistical threshold used to determine whether a hypothesis should be rejected, often denoted by alpha (α), representing the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis.