The Patrick Edamame, Inc. anticipates the need to purchase 1…
The Patrick Edamame, Inc. anticipates the need to purchase 110,000 bushels of soybeans in six months to use in their products. The current cash price for soybeans is $5.08 a bushel. A six-month futures contract for soybeans can be purchased at $5.10. They decide to fully hedge their needs in the futures market. In six months, the cash price of soybeans ends up at $5.24 per bushel. After the futures contracts are closed out (sold at $5.24 also), what will be the gain or loss on the futures contracts? Soybeans trade in 5,000-bushel contracts.
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