The Marcus Corporation plans to issue $5,000,000 of 10-year bonds at par next Ju
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The Marcus Corporation plans to issue $5,000,000 of 10-year bonds at par next June, with semiannual interest payments. The company's current cost of debt is 12 percent. However, the firm's financial manager is concerned that interest rates will increase in coming months, and has decided to take a short position in U. S. government t-bond futures. See the settlement data below for t-bond futures. (Note: One standard futures contract is $100,000)
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c. Calculate the number of futures contracts required to cover the bond position. Then calculate the current value of the futures position (round up to next whole number).
Delivery Month Open High Low Settle Change Open Interest (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Dec 97'28 99'17 98'22 99'17 +5 387,255 Mar 98'03 98'21 97'23 98'01 +12 90,353 June 98'13 98'27 97'01 97'12 +7 9,802Explanation / Answer
the number of open interest is 9802 and the contracts are 500 contracts
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