How knowledge can help protect against interest rate risk

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Question: 1. Firm A is paying $750,000 in interest payments a year while Firm B is paying LIBOR plus 75 basis points on $10,000,000 loans. The current LIBOR rate is 6.5%. Firm A and B have agreed to swap interest payments. What is the net payment this year?

2. A mortgage banker had made loan commitments for $20 million in 3 months. How many contracts on Treasury bonds futures must the banker write or buy?

3. Duration is defined as the weighted average time to maturity of a financial instrument. Explain how this knowledge can help protect against interest rate risk.

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