问题如下:
Consider a US-based VC firm that is calling down capital commitments and will receive CAD50 million in 30 days. The general partner decides to sell futures contracts to lock in the current USD/CAD rate. The hedge ratio is assumed to be equal to 1.
The price for the Canadian dollar futures contract is 0.7838 USD/CAD and the contract size of CAD100,000. To hedge its risk, the firm should:
选项:
A. sell 500 future contracts.
B. buy 500 future contracts.
C. sell 50 future contracts.
解释:
A is correct.
考点:futures管理汇率风险
解析:
To hedge the risk of the Canadian dollar depreciating against the US dollar, the VC firm must sell
CAD 50,000,000/CAD 100,000=500 contracts
和futures的price没关系吗? 还有这题为啥futures没有beta啊?