Internet Exercise (IE) 7.1 is in the textbook at the end of Chapter 7, after problems, page 208. Complete a
modified IE 7.1.
Modified Internet Exercise #7.1
Data on currency futures can be found at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange website, www.cmegroup.com . Go
to the “Delayed Quotes” section of this website and see which currency futures contracts have increasing and
which have decreasing futures prices in current trading.
Instructions for Internet Exercise #7.1
Open www.cmegroup.com. (Links to an external site.)
Choose “Delayed Quotes/FX”.
Look up which currency futures contracts have increasing and which have decreasing futures prices in current
trading.
Prepare a brief report (a few sentences) on Internet Exercise #7.1. List five contracts with increasing futures
prices and five contracts with decreasing futures prices. Try to find six factors/news, which moved exchange
rates and currency futures prices. List sources. Attach the quotes table/screen shot.