An Investor Believes That the Cash Rate Will Rise (When

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Essay

An investor believes that the cash rate will rise (when the market expects it to be stable)and wishes to trade 10 30-day interbank cash rate futures contracts to profit from this view.If the futures prices at the start and end of the investment were 97.490 and 97.260 respectively, calculate the investor's profit or loss.

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