If the Futures Rate Is Lower Than the Forward Rate

question 107

True/False

If the futures rate is lower than the forward rate, astute investors would attempt to simultaneously buy futures and sell forward. Such actions would place downward pressure on the futures price and upward pressure on the forward rate.

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