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Financial Markets and Institutions: Abridged 10 Edition
Financial Markets and Institutions: Abridged 10 Edition
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Part 5 Derivative Security Markets
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13 Financial Futures Markets
Chapter Objectives
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Background on Financial Futures
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Exhibit 13.1 Stock Index Futures Contracts
Source: Republished with permission of Dow Jones & Company, Inc., from The Wall Street
Journal, January 7, 2009, C9; permission conveyed through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
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Background on Financial Futures
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Background on Financial Futures
Trading Futures
Customers open accounts at brokerage firms and establish
margin deposits with the brokers
■ Type of Orders
■ With a market order, the trade is executed at the prevailing
price.
■ With a limit order, the trade is executed if the price is within
the limit specified by the customer.
■ How Orders Are Executed
■ Although most trading now takes place electronically, some
trades are still conducted on the trading floor.
■ Floor brokers receive transaction fees in the form of a bid–
ask spread.
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Interest Rate Futures Contracts
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Exhibit 13.3 Characteristics of Municipal Bond Index
Futures
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Interest Rate Futures Contracts
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Exhibit 13.4 Framework for Explaining Changes over Time
in the Futures Prices of Treasury Bonds and Treasury Bills
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Interest Rate Futures Contracts
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Exhibit 13.5 Potential Payoffs from Speculating in
Financial Futures
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Interest Rate Futures Contracts
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Stock Index Futures
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Stock Index Futures
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Stock Index Futures
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Stock Index Futures
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Exhibit 13.7 Net Gain (on Stock Portfolio and Short Position
in Stock Index Futures) for Different Degrees of Hedging
Note: Numbers are based on the assumption that the stock portfolio moves in perfect tandem with the market.
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Stock Index Futures
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Single Stock Futures
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Risk of Trading Futures Contracts
Market Risk
■ Refers to fluctuations in the value of the instrument as a
result of market conditions.
Basis Risk
■ The risk that the position being hedged by the futures
contracts is not affected in the same manner as the
instrument underlying the futures contract.
■ Applies only to those firms or individuals who are using
futures contracts to hedge.
Liquidity Risk
■ Refers to potential price distortions due to a lack of
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Risk of Trading Futures Contracts
Credit Risk
■ The risk that a loss will occur because a counterparty
defaults on the contract.
■ This type of risk exists for over-the-counter transactions in
which a firm or individual relies on the creditworthiness of
a counterparty.
Prepayment Risk
■ Refers to the possibility that the assets to be hedged may
be prepaid earlier than their designated maturity.
Operational Risk
■ The risk of losses as a result of inadequate management
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Risk of Trading Futures Contracts
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Exhibit 13.8 Popular Foreign Stock Index Futures
Contracts
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Globalization of Futures Markets
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SUMMARY
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SUMMARY (Cont.)
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SUMMARY (Cont.)
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