Futures contracts expose investor to basis risk

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1. Assume you have a short futures contract for July silver at a price of $20 per ounce. If the July spot price was $17 you would lose $3.

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2. If the 3-month US$/Euro futures rate is roughly the same as the spot rate, we know the short-term interest rate in Euros is very similar to US short-term rate.

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3. An investor with a long position in fixed-rate government bonds could hedge her risk by buying bond futures.

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4. Futures contracts expose the investor to basis risk.

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5. The March futures price of the Nikkei 225 is a good forecast of the index’s value in March.

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