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For the following questions the price of an S&P 500 IndexFutures contract equals 250 ? Current S&P 500 Index Value. Themargin requirement on each contract is $20,000.

Please answer the following questions:

  1. At Yahoo! Finance identify the last traded value for theS&P 500 Index and the date it was last retrieved:

Last Traded S&P 500 Index Value

Date

  1. At the CME Group site obtain the next four quarterly S&P500 Index Futures quotes:

Month/Year

Last Price

  1. Answer the following questions:
    1. Over the next four quarters are the S&P 500 Index Futurescontract prices rising, falling, or flat? What does that suggestabout the market expectations for the S&P 500 over the nextyear?
    1. Focusing on the longest dated S&P 500 Index Futurescontract, i.e., the contract that expires last, what is the valueof this contract?

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a For Index Future SP 500 one can have the strategy basedon the price rising Falling remaining Flat market suggestionwill be as followsQuarter end price statusStrategy to be followedRising 250Sell the futuresFalling 250Buy the    See Answer
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