An investor wants to hedge against currency price movements that could offset the yield s/he expects to earn on a lending spread created by simultaneous long and short positions in bonds. a. A currency worth $0.80 that could increase in value by 2% per period over the next two months. The domestic and foreign risk-free interest rates are 6% and 8%, respectively. If the strike price is also $0.80, then use the binomial pricing theorem to price both the call and put options. Verify your answer using the put-call parity relationship.

An investor wants to hedge against currency price movements that could offset the yield s/he expects to earn on a lending spread created by simultaneous long and short positions in bonds. a. A currency worth $0.80 that could increase in value by 2% per period over the next two months. The domestic and foreign risk-free interest rates are 6% and 8%, respectively. If the strike price is also $0.80, then use the binomial pricing theorem to price both the call and put options. Verify your answer using the put-call parity relationship.

International Financial Management

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Chapter9: Forecasting Exchange Rates

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