Your firm purchased an equipment from a British company. Total cost was £50,000 (in 30 days). The pound is expected to appreciate against $ substantially in 30 days. Let's suppose it would be $1.6/£ in 30 days. Questions: 1. You decide to use option to hedge against the exchange rate risk. What would be your maximum (or minimum) strike price if it is possible for you to find that strike price? 2. After you bought the option, the spot exchange rate in 30 days turns out to be lower than the strike price. What would you do and what do you need to do?

Your firm purchased an equipment from a British company. Total cost was £50,000 (in 30 days). The pound is expected to appreciate against $ substantially in 30 days. Let's suppose it would be $1.6/£ in 30 days. Questions: 1. You decide to use option to hedge against the exchange rate risk. What would be your maximum (or minimum) strike price if it is possible for you to find that strike price? 2. After you bought the option, the spot exchange rate in 30 days turns out to be lower than the strike price. What would you do and what do you need to do?

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Suppose a European call option to buy 1 euro for 1.40 CAD costs 0.08 CAD. The option maturity is in two months and the forward exchange rate for the same maturity is 1.50 CAD per euro. What arbitrage opportunity exists? Explain how you can exploit this opportunity and how much the profit is. (Ignore the time value of money)
Suppose the risk free rate in pounds (£) is 5.71% and the risk free rate in US dollars ($) is 7.95%. The current £ to $ exchange rate is 1.48 (so £1 can be exchanged for $1.48 with the money exchanged right now). You and a broker want to agree an exchange rate now for a £ to $ conversion, but where the money will be exchanged in precisely 30 months time. What exchange rate (£ to $) should you and your broker use to ensure there is no arbitrage?
The following is the spot and forward rates of dollar against Euro. Spot 30-day forward Euro/$ 0.85 0.90 You sign a contract for selling John Deere with the amount of 1 billion euros that will be delivered in 30days. You expect the 30day later the spot rates of dollar to be 0.75 with 50% chance and 0.95 with 50%. What is the expected dollar amount if no forward has been used? As a risk-neutral person, is it a good idea to use the forward?
3. You are to receive €400,000 in 90 days. a) Demonstrate how you would set up an options hedge. b) If the spot rate in 90 days is $1.10/€1.00. You receive the €400,000 and you exchange the euros into dollars. What is the net amount of dollars you receive and what is the dollar/euro exchange rate for the €400,000?
The current spot exchange rate is $1.60/€ and the three-month forward rate is $1.55/€. Based on your analysis of the exchange rate, you are confident that the spot exchange rate will be $1.62/€ in three months. Assume that you would like to buy or sell €1,000,000. What actions do you need to take to speculate in the forward market? What is the expected dollar profit from speculation? A. Sell €1,000,000 forward for $1.60/€, and you expect to gain $20,000. B. Buy €1,000,000 forward for $1.55/€, and you expect to gain $70,000. C. Wait three months, if your forecast is correct buy €1,000,000 at $1.62/€. D. Buy €1,000,000 forward for $1.60/€, and you expect to gain $20,000.
Suppose that the spot price of a Canadian dollar is U.S. $0.89 and that the exchange rate has a volatility of 7% per year. Risk-free interest rates are 6% in the U.S. and 4% in Canada. Calculate the price of a 6-month European call option to buy one Canadian dollar for U.S. $0.89. Express your answer in terms of the cumulative normal distribution function, N(x), as in the answers to question 16 in part 1. What is the price of a 6-month option to buy U.S. $0.89 for one Canadian dollar? Please show all your work! Thank you SO much
Suppose that your company will be receiving 30 million euros six months from now and the euro is currently selling for 1 euro per dollar. If you want to hedge the foreign exchange risk in this payment, what kind of forward contract would you want to enter into?
Suppose you have developed a hairbrained scheme to purchase art, mint a NFT, and then sell it for a bubbly profit. For your scheme, you need to import USD 99570.85 worth of art into Australia. You are concerned that the exchange rate might move adversely during this time. Suppose the current exchange rate is 0.704 You see the following instruments available: • A Put option on AUD with a strike price (in USD/AUD) of 0.6 with a 1.3% premium • A Call option on AUD with a strike price (in USD/AUD) of 0.88 with a 1.7% premium • A forward rate agreement with a FRA rate of 3.5% • A customized forward forward arrangement of 4% Suppose you decide to hedge with the most relevant instrument. Assume that the USD/AUD exchange rate becomes 0.45. What is the overall cost of the art purchase in AUD, including any fees? O a. 163794.04825 O b. 113148.69318 O c. 165951.41667 O d. None of these options O e. 111225.16540 O f. Not enough information O g. 164656.99562
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