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The Fed Interest rates are duly priced in US treasury bond market, Eurodollar Time deposit, US Dollar LIBOR futures, and Federal Funds future contract.
All of these instruments are affected by the interest rate decision of the federal Reserve, so the market participants always price their contracts (linked to these instrumentst) according to the consensus in the market.
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closing price for this day.
a. If the margin requirement is 29% of the
futures price times the contract multiplier of $50, how much must
you deposit with your broker to trade the December maturity
contract? (Round your answer to 2 decimal
places.)
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net investment if you entered the long side...
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