1- Hudson Valley Distributors wants to be sure it has 10,000 cases of Beaujolais Nouveau to sell next November. In January, they enter into an agreement to buy the wine at a price of 34.62 euro to the case. Payment will be due at the end of November. They expect to sell the wine to restaura vnts and retailers for $63 per case. Hudson Valley has hedged its foreign exchange risk by entering into a forward contract to purchase euros in November at $1.30/euro. Calculate the payoff to Hudson Valley for hedging if the spot exchange rate at the end of November is $1.25/euro.

2- Swenson Oil & Gas allows its customers to prepurchase heating oil in June for the coming winter. Customers who took advantage of the offer prepurchased 400,000 gal- lons of oil at $3.5 per gallon. Swenson hedged its position by contracting to purchase 400,000 gallons of oil for November delivery at a price of $3 per gallon. Calculate the payoff to Swenson if the November spot price is $3.25 per gallon.

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