Which of the following is most likely to be a feature common to both forward and futures contracts?
A: Daily marking to market of contracts
B: Standardization of the contract’s terms and conditions
C: Their use for hedging or speculation
A: Daily marking to market of contracts
B: Standardization of the contract’s terms and conditions
C: Their use for hedging or speculation
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- Which of the following statements is most accurate() A: Forward contracts require that both parties to the transaction have a high degree of creditworthiness. B: Forward contracts are marked to market daily. C: Futures contracts have more default risk than forward contracts.
- Which of the following statements is least accurate() A: Futures contracts are easier to offset than forward contracts. B: Forward contracts are generally more liquid than futures contracts. C: Forward contracts are easier to tailor to specific needs than futures contracts.
- Which of the following is the advantage of forward contracts comparing to future contracts?
- An analyst does research about difference between forward market and future market. Compared with contracts in the forward market, contracts in the futures market are least likely to be appropriately described as transactions that are:（） A: public. B: customized according to the counterparts' requests. C: based on an agreement to buy or sell an underlying asset at a future date at a price agreed on today.
- Which of the following statements about the futures market is most accurate() A: Speculators trade to reduce some preexisting risk exposure. B: If a trader’s account falls below the maintenance margin level they have three days to bring it back up to the maintenance margin level. C: Open interest is the number of futures contracts for which delivery is currently obligated.