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In Mid-October you are buying 50,000 bushels of corn at 80 Dec basis. You could immediately sell it at a cash price of 400 cents

  1. In Mid-October you are buying 50,000 bushels of corn at 80 Dec basis. You could immediately sell it at a cash price of 400 cents per bushel. However, you plan to carry the corn from mid- October until mid-April. You base your cost-of-carry on aninterest rate of 10%. At the end of November you are forced to set your Dec/May spread at a 5 cents inversion.

    By mid-April, your sell basis is at +30 May and you sell the corn.

    what is your Adjusted Buy Basis at the end of November after executing the spread ?

    -85 May

    +75 May

    -75 May

    +85 May

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