USE THE INFORMATION BELOW FOR THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM(S)

question 38

Multiple Choice

USE THE INFORMATION BELOW FOR THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM(S)
The S&P 500 stock index is at 1100. The annualized interest rate is 3.5 percent, and the annualized dividend is 2 percent.
-Refer to Exhibit 15.9. If the futures contract was currently available for 1050, indicate the appropriate strategy that would earn an arbitrage profit.

• A) long futures and short the index
• B) short futures and long the index
• C) long futures and long the index
• D) short futures and short the index
• E) None of these are correct.

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