If you consider the payoff from entering into a forward contract does the buyer have more to gain going long than the seller has to lose going short, profits if the price of the underlying at expiration exceeds the forward price and/or gains from owning the underlying versus owning the forward contract are equivalent? Explain why one or more of the options above are correct. Secondly explain why, if any of the remaining options are incorrect.

If you consider the payoff from entering into a forward contract does the buyer have more to gain going long than the seller has to lose going short, profits if the price of the underlying at expiration exceeds the forward price and/or gains from owning the underlying versus owning the forward contract are equivalent? Explain why one or more of the options above are correct. Secondly explain why, if any of the remaining options are incorrect.

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling

Section: Chapter Questions

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