1. Stocks XX, YY, and ZZ, initially priced at $35, $65, and $72, respectively, comprise a price-weighted index with a base value of 100. One year later the stocks above were valued at $40, $69, and $87, respectively. What was the value of the index at the end of year one?
2. An American firm sells farm equipment to a British company for ?250,000 to be paid in 180 days. The current exchange rate is $1.98/?. The exporter hedges its exchange rate risk by selling ?250,000 forward 180 days at the prevailing 180-day forward exchange rate of $2.01/?. What is the dollar amount the American firm is expected to receive in 180 days?