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ABC common stock has a price of $100 and is expected to pay a dividend of $1 per share in 2 months and 5 months.
The S&P 500 stock index is 3,916. The dividend yield on the index is 2% on a continuously compounded basis.
The risk free interest rate in Switzerland is 3% per annum with continuous compounding and the spot price of the Swiss franc is $1.0641.
A futures contract on ABC stock has a time to the delivery date of 6 months, a delivery price of $100 and a size of 1000 shares.
A futures contract on the S&P 500 stock index has a delivery date in 9 months, a delivery price of 3,800, and a size of 250 times the index.
A futures contract on the Swiss franc has a delivery date of 12 months, a delivery price of $1.0851 and a size of 62,500 Swiss francs.
All prices are in U. S. dollars. The U. S. dollar risk free rate is 5% continuously compounded.
Consider the following statements.
Statement I. The value of a long position in one futures contract on ABC stock is (close to) $500.
Statement II. The value of a short position in one futures contract on the S&P500 stock index is (close to) $49,390.
Statement III. The value of a long position in 5 futures contracts on Swiss francs is (close to) $156.25.
Which of the statements are correct?