"Consider the futures contract written on the S&P 500 index and maturing in one year. The interest rate is 3%, and the future value of dividends expected to be paid over the next year is $35. The current index level is 2,000. Assume that you can short sell the S&P index. a. Suppose the expected rate of return on the market is 8%. What is the expected level of the index in one year? b. What is the theoretical no-arbitrage price for a 1-year futures contract on the S&P 500 stock index? c. Suppose the actual futures price is 2,012. Is there an arbitrage opportunity here? If so, how would you exploit it?"

Jiffy printing shops does a lot of printing job for college students. the shop use an average of 25 cases of copy paper each day during the 312 days last year. the shop opens 6 days a week for 52 weeks each year and closes on sundays. each case of paper costs $35. it conducts a count of its paper inventory at the end of every quarter of the year. the table below shows the inventory counting records for last year. inventory end of quarter 1 700 cases end of quarter 2 1,050 cases end of quarter 3 920 cases end of quarter 4 800 cases 1. what's jiffy's cost of goods sold last year? 2. what's jiffy's average aggregate inventory value? 3. what's jiffy's inventory turnover last year? 4. what is the printing shop's weeks of supply last year?