On November 3, the spot price for cotton was $0.81/lb., and the
February futures price was $0.83/lb. On November 3, Levi Strauss
sold 200 futures contracts on the commodity exchange at $0.83/lb.
for delivery in February. Each contract was for 25,000 lbs. Levi
Strauss designated these contracts as a cash flow hedge of 5
million lbs. of current inventory which it expected to sell in
February. The average spot of this inventory when purchased was
$0.58/lb. Levi Strauss properly documented the hedge and employed
hedge accounting. On November 30, the company’s fiscal year end,
the February commodity exchange futures price was $0.85/lb.
In the November 30 balance sheet, Levi Strauss should record the
futures contracts as a
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On November 3, the spot price for cotton was $0.81/lb., and the February futures price was...
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