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![Grenouille Properties. Grenouille Properties (U.S.) expects to receive cash dividends from a French joint venture over the coming three years. The first dividend, to be paid one year from
now on December 31, is expected to be €720,000. The dividend is then expected to grow 10.1% per year over the following two years. The current exchange rate is $1.2348 = €1.00.
Grenouille's weighted average cost of capital is 10.5%.
a. What is the present value of the expected euro dividend stream if the euro is expected to appreciate 3.90% per annum against the dollar?
b. What is the present value of the expected dividend stream if the euro were to depreciate 3.20% per annum against the dollar?
a. What is the present value of the expected euro dividend stream if the euro is expected to appreciate 3.90% per annum against the dollar?
Calculate the dividends in U.S. dollars for the next three years below: (Round to the nearest whole number for the dividends and round to four decimal places for the exchange rates.)
Dividend stream expected from investment (€)
Current and expected spot rate ($/€)
Dividends ($)
Year 0
1.2348
€
$
Year 1
Year 2
720,000 €
Year 3](https://content.bartleby.com/qna-images/question/28c79f63-c6b0-4269-9777-10fda7d7821b/20d20dc1-434c-4b04-80c1-1b0a1c15a1cf/p6t1po_thumbnail.png)
Transcribed Image Text:Grenouille Properties. Grenouille Properties (U.S.) expects to receive cash dividends from a French joint venture over the coming three years. The first dividend, to be paid one year from
now on December 31, is expected to be €720,000. The dividend is then expected to grow 10.1% per year over the following two years. The current exchange rate is $1.2348 = €1.00.
Grenouille's weighted average cost of capital is 10.5%.
a. What is the present value of the expected euro dividend stream if the euro is expected to appreciate 3.90% per annum against the dollar?
b. What is the present value of the expected dividend stream if the euro were to depreciate 3.20% per annum against the dollar?
a. What is the present value of the expected euro dividend stream if the euro is expected to appreciate 3.90% per annum against the dollar?
Calculate the dividends in U.S. dollars for the next three years below: (Round to the nearest whole number for the dividends and round to four decimal places for the exchange rates.)
Dividend stream expected from investment (€)
Current and expected spot rate ($/€)
Dividends ($)
Year 0
1.2348
€
$
Year 1
Year 2
720,000 €
Year 3
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