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1. Basil buys a forward contract today (t=9/10/21) on 100 shares of CSCO stock from Sally, deliverable T = 31 Dec 21; they agree on a price upon delivery of $60/share. Assume that each considers the other to be free of default risk... knows that the other will perform under the obligation, so no collateral is demanded or given.

a) What are the cashflow obligations, now and at T, of B? Of S?

b) Draw the diagram of projected Profits and Losses at T to B, viewed as of today.

c) A month later on s=10/10/21, B decides to sell a separate forward contract on 100 shares of CSCO, and searches for the best price in the marketplace across dealers to find Dealer Bob who is willing to accept delivery of shares on 31Dec21 and pay $62.50 per share1. In that transaction, Basil would act as the seller and Bob would be the buyer of a forward contract at the new forward price. Again, presume there is no default risk.

(i) If Basil accepts Bob's offer, draw the P&L diagram of Basil's positions on date T, viewed as of date s.

(ii) What can Basil report as his net P&L, viewed as of date s? Justify your answer.

(iii) Suppose on date s, after his search for the best price is complete - Basil decides NOT to sell the forward. He still has that old contract with Sally on his books - what's the value of that contract to Basil?