Uses of Future Contracts Include

question 70

Multiple Choice

Uses of future contracts include

• A)eliminating uncertainty about the future cost of key inputs.
• B)eliminating uncertainty about the prices that will be received when a commodity is ready for market.
• C)speculating on future price movements of commodities which the speculator neither uses nor produces.
• D)all of the above.

Understand the concept of inflation and its effect on value over time.

Compute and compare effective annual rates for different compounding frequencies.

Understand and calculate the effective rate of interest for various compounding frequencies.

Compare and identify the preferable interest rates for loans and investments based on their compounding terms.

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