Tree row bank has assets of $150 million, liabilities of $135
million, and equity of $15 million. The asset duration is six years
and the duration of the liabilities is four years. Market interest
rates are 10 percent. Tree row bank wishes to hedge the balance
sheet with treasury bond futures contracts, which currently have a
prim quote of $95 per $100 face value for the benchmark 20-year, 8
percent coupon underlying the contract, a market yield of 8.5295
percent,...