Jamal has owned his home for about 5 years. his refrigerator needs to be replaced and jamal is thinking about buying an energy star-labeled model that will save money on his utility bills. the model he is looking at costs $598 and advertises a cost of only 12 cents per day. jamal has calculated that he spends about $132 per year on his old refrigerator. how long would it take for the new refrigerator to pay for itself in lower utility costs? round to the nearest whole year. a. 7 years b. 14 years c. 5 years d. 11 years

Profits from using currency options and futures.on july 2, the two-month futures rate of the mexican peso contained a 2 percent discount (unannualized). there was a call option on pesos with an exercise price that was equal to the spot rate. there was also a put option on pesos with an exercise price equal to the spot rate. the premium on each of these options was 3 percent of the spot rate at that time. on september 2, the option expired. go to the oanda.com website (or any site that has foreign exchange rate quotations) and determine the direct quote of the mexican peso. you exercised the option on this date if it was feasible to do so. a. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the call option? b. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the put option? c. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2? d. what was your net profit per unit if you sold a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2