1. Trader A enters into futures contracts to buy 1 million euros for 1.4 million

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1. Trader A enters into futures contracts to buy 1 million euros for 1.4 million dollars in three months. Trader B enters in a forward contract to do the same thing. The exchange (dollars per euro) declines sharply during the first two months and then increases for the third month to close at 1.4300. Ignoring daily settlement, what is the total profit of each trader? When the impact of daily settlement is taken into account, which trader does better?

2. A trader owns gold as part of a long-term investment portfolio. The trader can buy gold for $1,250 per ounce and sell gold for $1,249 per ounce. The trader can borrow funds at 6% per year and invest funds at 5.5% per year. (Both interest rates are expressed with annual compounding.) For what range of one-year forward prices of gold does the trader have no arbitrage opportunities? Assume there is no bid

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1. The total profit of each trader in dollars is 0.03

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