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Under what condition are a futures price and a forward price on the same asset identical?
- AWhen the asset pays no dividends over the life of the contract
- BWhen interest rates are deterministic
- CWhen the contract is settled physically rather than in cash
- DNever – they always differ by the convexity adjustment
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