Country Contract $/Foreign Currency Canada – Dollar Spot 0.8437   30-day 0.8417   90-day 0.8395 Japan – Yen Spot 0.004684   30-day 0.004717   90-day 0.004781 Switzerland - Franc Spot 0.5139   30-day 0.5169   90-day 0.5315

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Country

Contract

$/Foreign Currency

Canada – Dollar

Spot

0.8437

 

30-day

0.8417

 

90-day

0.8395

Japan – Yen

Spot

0.004684

 

30-day

0.004717

 

90-day

0.004781

Switzerland - Franc

Spot

0.5139

 

30-day

0.5169

 

90-day

0.5315

 

 

 

 

(Exchange rate arbitrage) You own $10,000. The dollar rate in Tokyo is 216.6743.

The yen rate in New York is given in the preceding table. Are arbitrage profits possible?

Set up an arbitrage scheme with your capital. What is the gain (loss) in dollars?

 

d. (Cross rates) Compute the Canadian dollar/yen and the yen/Swiss franc spot rates from the data in the preceding table

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