When she is not working, shelby trains to run marathons. she wishes she had more time to travel to various races but work keeps her busy. kevin does not want time off work. he needs to earn as much overtime as possible to pay off his college loans. the company recently offered either a week's pay or a week off as the bonus to the salesperson who made the most sales. both shelby and marcus worked hard to win. which advantage of individual incentives does this illustrate?

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out