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:

Multiple-Step

An income statement format that segregates operating revenues and expenses from non-operating revenues, expenses, gains, and losses.

Revenues

Revenue that comes from regular business activities, factoring in discounts and allowances for products that are returned.

Expenses

The outflows or using up of assets or incurring of liabilities during a period from delivering goods, rendering services, or carrying out other activities that constitute the entity’s ongoing major operations.

FOB Shipper's Dock

A shipping term indicating that the buyer assumes responsibility for the goods once they are shipped, and the goods are considered delivered at the shipper's dock.