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A stock is expected to pay a dividend of $0.80 per share in two
months, in five months and in eight
months. The stock price is $35, and the risk-free rate of interest
is 8% per annum with continuous
compounding for all maturities. You have just taken a long position
in a nine-month forward contract
on the stock. Seven months later, the price of the stock has become
$38 and the risk-free rate of
interest is still 8% per annum. What is the value your position
seven months later?