Suppose a company takes a long position in 20 December oil futures contracts on June 8 when the futures price is $58. It closes out its position on November 10. The spot price and futures price at this time are $65 and $62. The company is hedging 20,000 barrels, and uses a hedge ratio of 0.8. Each contract is for 1,000 bbl. Q1: How many futures contracts should the firm hedge

The price of trade suppose that portugal and sweden both produce rye and wine. portugal's opportunity cost of producing a bottle of wine is 4 bushels of rye while sweden's opportunity cost of producing a bottle of wine is 10 bushels of rye. by comparing the opportunity cost of producing wine in the two countries, you can tell thatportugal/sweden has a comparative advantage in the production of wine. andportugal/sweden has a comparative advantage in the production of rye. suppose that portugal and sweden consider trading wine and rye with each other. portugal can gain from specialization and trade as long as it receives more rye for each bottle of wine it exports to sweden. similarly, sweden can gain from trade as long as it receives more bottles of wine for each bushel of rye it exports to portugal. based on your answer to the last question, which of the following prices of trade (that is, price of wine in terms of rye) would allow both sweden and portugal to gain from trade? a. 1 bushels of rye per bottle of wineb. 8 bushels of rye per bottle of winec. 9 bushels of rye per bottle of wined. 3 bushels of rye per bottle of wine

Which of the following describes one of the ways that the demographics of an area affect the price of housing in that area? a. when more people have children, their incomes tend to be higher and the housing prices are also higher. b. older people are more likely to stay in their houses, creating a seller's market that keeps prices low. c. an area with a lower population density won't have enough construction workers to build new houses quickly. d. an area with younger people will have a higher demand for rentals and a lower demand for buying.

Anew manufacturing technology makes it easier to make the product and causes a shift in the supply curve. what is the new equilibrium point after implementing the new technology? (hint: determine which direction a easier production shifts the supply curve and use that direction to pick the resulting equilibrium point.) $6 and 20,000 $4 and 30,000 $6 and 30,000 $4 and 20,000