Question

An investor enters into a long position in NN futures contracts on an index, where each contract has a notional value of VV times the futures price F0F0. The initial margin is 20% of the notional value for NN contracts. There is no maintenance margin requirement. The margin account earns a continuously compounded interest rate of 10%. The futures contracts are marked-to-market weekly. Assume there are 52 weeks in a year. One week later, the futures price decreases by 15%. Calculate the percent change in the investor's margin account after one week.

Answer 1

The answer is "Choice A".

Step-by-step explanation:

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In this question the answer is -75.0% because the percent change does not depend on N, V, or Fo. because it is the order of the numbers which does matter.