Your Firm Is Faced with Paying a Variable Rate Debt

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Essay

Your firm is faced with paying a variable rate debt obligation with the expectation that interest rates are likely to go up. Identify two strategies using interest rate futures and interest rate swaps that could reduce the risk to the firm.

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Definitions:

Make or Buy

A decision-making process used by companies to determine whether they should produce goods internally or purchase them from an external supplier.

Indirect Spend

Expenses incurred for materials, services, and maintenance that do not directly contribute to the production of goods.

Direct Spend

Expenses directly tied to the production of goods or services, such as raw materials and labor.

Outsourced

The practice of having certain job functions or processes handled outside of the company, typically by a third party, to reduce costs or focus on core competencies.