AshGold Products is completing a new factory building in Canada and must make a final construction payment of C$28,000,000 in six months. Foreign exchange and interest rate quotations are as follows:Present spot rate:C$ 1.4000/US$Six-month forward rate:C$ 1.4200/US$Canadian six-month interest rate:13% per annumU.S. six-month interest rate10% per annumThe financial manager’s own analysis suggests that in six months the following spot rates can be expected:Highest expected rate:C$1.4000/US$Most likely rate:C$1.4300/US$Lowest expected rate:C$1.4500/US$Ashgold Products does not presently have any excess dollar cash balances. However, it expects to obtain adequate cash from an income tax refund due in six months. Ashgold’s weighted average cost of capital is 20% per annum. What alternatives are available for making payment, and what are the advantages or disadvantages of each?

AshGold Products is completing a new factory building in Canada and must make a final construction payment of C$28,000,000 in six months. Foreign exchange and interest rate quotations are as follows:Present spot rate:C$ 1.4000/US$Six-month forward rate:C$ 1.4200/US$Canadian six-month interest rate:13% per annumU.S. six-month interest rate10% per annumThe financial manager’s own analysis suggests that in six months the following spot rates can be expected:Highest expected rate:C$1.4000/US$Most likely rate:C$1.4300/US$Lowest expected rate:C$1.4500/US$Ashgold Products does not presently have any excess dollar cash balances. However, it expects to obtain adequate cash from an income tax refund due in six months. Ashgold’s weighted average cost of capital is 20% per annum. What alternatives are available for making payment, and what are the advantages or disadvantages of each?

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Chapter11: Managing Transaction Exposure

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