A trucking company plans to buy 100,000 gallons of diesel fuel in January. The spot market price is 2.40/gallon. The company can remove its risk by entering today into a (physical delivery) forward contract with a counterparty to buy the fuel at $2.50/gallon.

a. true
b. false

Answer: a. true

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