22-83 What Is the Reason for Decrease in the Number

question 16

Multiple Choice

22-83 What is the reason for decrease in the number of futures contract needed to hedge a cash position in case of tailing the hedge?

• A)Lower average transaction costs resulting from higher number of transactions.
• B)Interest income generated from reinvesting the cash flows generated by the futures contracts.
• C)Lack of perfect correlation between spot and futures prices.
• D)The effect of conversion factor.
• E)Hedging only a proportion of balance sheet position.

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Definitions:

Price Floor

A government- or group-imposed price control or limit on how low a price can be charged for a product, good, commodity, or service.

Supply Function

A mathematical relation showing the amount of goods a supplier is willing and able to provide to the market at various prices, holding all other factors constant.

Demand Function

A demand function quantifies the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded by consumers, holding other factors constant.

Supply Curve

A supply curve graphically represents the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of the good that producers are willing and able to supply, typically sloping upwards.