Calculate the contribution to total performance from currency, country, and stock selection for the manager in the example below. All exchange rates are expressed as units of foreign currency that can be purchased with 1 U.S. dollar. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Input all amounts as positive values. Europe Australasia Far East Return on EAFE Weight Equity Index Currency Selection Country Selection Stock Selection 0.3 0.3 0.4 22% 14 27 E₁ + E0 0.80 0.95 1.40 % Loss % Profit % Loss Manager's Weight 0.40 0.22 0.38 Profit or Loss Manager's Return relative to EAFE relative to EAFE relative to EAFE 21% 18 18

What is the expected percentage change in the value of the foreign currency (e) if you combine all three techniques, which are equally weighted? Method Technical forecasting Fundamental forecasting Market-based forecasting O 0.3% O 4.6% O 4.7% 2.0% Forecasted e 2% -4% 8%

Suppose that you are a currency speculator, based in the U.S., att January 1st, the spot rate for the Canadian dollar is $0.68. This is have C$160,000.00 to use on these positions. Suppose that on February 10th, the Canadian dollar depreciates (a In order to purchase C$160,000.00 in spot market, you will need $107,200.00 alize on a possible depreciation of the Canadian dollar (C$). On t which futures contracts for Canadian dollars are being sold. You $139,360.00 $128,640.00 $150,080.00 d) to $0.67 in the spot market. (U.S. dollars) for the exchange.

Please use the data below, to answer the following question. BigMac price in the US BigMac price in Mexico Current Exchange Rate O overvalued by 14.29% O undervalued by 14.29% O overvalued by 12.50% O undervalued by 12.50% USD 3.50 12 MXN 80 Based on PPP, the MXN is 1 USD - MXN 20 140 15 16 (2 hp

H3. The Central Bank of the Bahamas pegs the Bahamian Dollar to the United States Dollar at a price of 1 BSD per USD. As an analyst for XYZ Consulting Inc., you have been asked to predict the behavior of key macroeconomic variables in the Bahamas for different policy scenarios. Using all the appropriate diagrams, your analysis must describe the Bahamian money and output markets, as well as the foreign exchange market. To perform this task, you must assume that prices are sticky: fixed in the short-run and flexible in the long-run. The scenarios are: a) A temporary restrictive monetary policy in the Bahamas. b) A temporary restrictive fiscal policy in the Bahamas.

You Answered Correct Answer Samuel Samosir works for Peregrine Investments in Jakarta, Indonesia. He focuses his time and attention on the U.S. dollar/Singapore dollar ($/S$) cross- rate. The current spot rate is $1.39/S$. After considerable study, he has concluded that the Singapore dollar will appreciate versus the U.S. dollar in the coming 90 days, probably to about $1.44/S$. He is considering trading options to profit and has the following options on the Singapore dollar to choose from Option choices on the Singapore dollar: Strike price (US$/Singapore dollar) Premium (US$/Singapore dollar) -0.132 Call on S$ -0.047 $1.371 $0.047 Put on S$ $1.37 Samuel decides to buy call options in Singapore dollars. What will be Samuel's profit/loss if the ending spot rate is $1.286/S$ in 90 days? Keep all decimal places. $0.006

The table below contains the average returns, standard deviation of returns and correlation of returns with US indexfor different countries. All data are in US dollar terms. The US T-Bill rate is 3%. Determine which of thesecountries are suitable for a US based investor to diversifv into. Show the necessarv calculationsUS T-Bill Rate %3

subject:international finance   Most foreign currencies in the world are stated in terms of the number of units of foreign currency needed to buy one dollar   Required a)Convert the following indirect quotes to direct quotes. I. Euro: €1.22/$ (indirect quote) II. Russia: Rub 30/$ (indirect quote) III. Canada: C$ 1.39/$ (indirect quote) IV. Denmark: DKr6.08/$ (indirect quote)   b)Convert the following direct quotes to indirect quotes. I. Euro: $ 0.865/€ (direct quote) II. Russia: $ 0.050/ Rub (direct quote) III. Canada: $ 0.85/C$ (direct quote) IV. Denmark: $ 0.608/ DKr (direct quote)   c)Define the spot transaction and outright forward transaction.

ABC Bank quotes the following for the British pound and the New Zealand dollar:     Quoted Bid Price Quoted Ask Price Value of a British pound (£) in $      $1.61      $1.62 Value of a New Zealand dollar (NZ$) in $        $.55        $.56 Value of a British pound in        New Zealand dollars NZ$2.95 NZ$2.96   Assume you have $10,000 to conduct triangular arbitrage. What is your profit from this strategy? What is your profit?

Question 12 Given the following cross currency rates, identify an arbitrage trade and show the profit if you start with $1,000. (USD = U.S. dollar, SGD = Singapore dollar, CHF = Swiss franc) SGD:USD CHF:USD SGD:CHF 1,045.46 3.00 1.50 2.20