If you have to pay 2,000,000 pesos in 6 months, and if the f…

If you have to pay 2,000,000 pesos in 6 months, and if the futures contract size on the peso is 500,000 pesos per contract, and the price on the future is 0.043 $/peso, enter as a positive or negative the futures position (the number of contracts) you need to take in order to fully hedge your position?

One year interest rates are at 5.2% in the US and at 1.50% i…

One year interest rates are at 5.2% in the US and at 1.50% in Switzerland.  Assuming real rates equalize, if inflation in the US is running at 3.35%, what inflation rate would you estimate in Switzerland?  Give your answer in percentage terms with two decimal places (do not put in the % symbol).

A company has 15 employees. Four are managers, six are engin…

A company has 15 employees. Four are managers, six are engineers, and five are interns. In how many ways can the company select a CEO, a CFO, and a COO, given that only a manager can be the CEO, and the other two positions can be filled by any employee, with no one holding more than one position

An article in The Journal of Data Science [“A Statistical An…

An article in The Journal of Data Science  provided the following table of well failures for different geological formation groups in Baltimore County.    Geological Formation Group Wells Failed Wells Total Gneiss 170 1685 Granite 2 28 Loch raven schist 443 3733 Mafic 14 363 Marble 29 309 Prettyboy schist 60 1403 Other schists 46 933 Serpentine 3 39   Let A denote the event that the geological formation has more than 1000 wells, and let B denote the event that a well failed. Determine the number of wells in each of the following events.   Find the following, P(A Bc)