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Covered Interest Rate Arbitrage
Assume the following:
Spot rate of Mexican Peso
$0.100
180-day forward rate of Mexican peso
$0.098
180-day Mexican interest rate
6%
180-day U.S. interest rate
5%
Is covered interest arbitrage worthwhile for Mexican investors? Explain. (Be sure to
show your work).
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- As a US investor willing to invest $1,000,000 with the information given below: Spot rate of £ =$1.60 180-day forward rate of £ =$1.56 180-day British interest rate = 4% 180-day US interest rate = 3% Is the Covered Interest Arbitrage by the investor is feasible? Explain Does the Interest Rate Parity Condition exist given the above information?E-book Page 247 question #7 7. Covered Interest Arbitrage Assume the following information: Spot rate of Mexican peso 180-day forward rate of Mexican peso 180-day Mexican interest rate 180-day U.S. interest rate $.100 $.098 6% 5% Given this information, is covered interest arbitrage worthwhile for Mexican investors who have pesos to invest? Explain your answer.Assume the following information: Spot rate of Mexican peso $0.100 1-year forward rate of Mexican peso $0.099 1-year Mexican interest rate 6% 1-year U.S. interest rate 5% 1. Given this information, what would be the yield (percentage return) to a U.S. investor who used covered interest arbitrage? (Assume the investor invests $1,000,000.) 2. What market forces would occur to eliminate any further possibilities of covered interest arbitrage?
- Assume the following information: Spot rate of £ = $1.60 180-day forward rate of £ = $1.56 180-day British interest rate = 4% a. Based on this information, is covered interest arbitrage by US investors is possible (assuming that U.S. investors have $1,000,000)? If yes, Explain how to conduct it in your words. b. Suppose: 180-day US interest rate = 3%. Is the above strategy is feasible? Explain your %3D answerAssume the following information: Spot rate of U.S. dollar Quoted Price AUD1.2500/USD 180-day forward rate of U.S. dollar 180-day Australian interest rate (a periodic rate) 180-day U.S. interest rate (a periodic rate) AUD1.2800/USD 4.75% 3.10% A. What USD-denominated percent rate of return can a US investor earn if they attempt covered interest arbitrage? (to two decimal places like 6.54%) B. What AUD-denominated percent rate of return can an Australian investor earn if they attempt covered interest arbitrage? (to two decimal places like 6.54%) C. Given this information, who has a covered interest arbitrage opportunity? Answer either "Australian investors" or "U.S. investors". D. What changes in the 2 quoted prices above would likely occur to eliminate any further possibilities of covered interest arbitrage? (answer with just or 1) Spot rate of U.S. dollar 180-day forward rate of U.S. dollarAssuming that existing U.S. one year interest rate is 8% and the Canadian one-year interest rate is 9%. Also assume that interest rate parity exists. Should the forward rate of the Canadian dollar exhibit a discount or a premium? If U.S. investors attempt covered interest arbitrage, what will be their return? If Canadian investors attempt covered interest arbitrage what will be their return?
- a) Assume the following information: 180‑day U.S. interest rate = 8% 180‑day British interest rate = 9% 180‑day forward rate of British pound = $1.50 Spot rate of British pound = $1.48 Assume that a U.S. exporter will receive 400,000 pounds in 180 days. Would it be better off using a forward hedge or a money market hedge? Substantiate your answer with estimated revenue for each type of hedge. b) As treasurer of a U.S. exporter to Canada, you must decide how to hedge (if at all) future receivables of 250,000 Canadian dollars 90 days from now. Put options are available for a premium of $.03 per unit and an exercise price of $.80 per Canadian dollar (CA$). The forecasted spot rate of the CA$ in 90 days follows: Future Spot Rate Probability (%) $.75 50…Give typing answer with explanation and conclusion Currency Exchange Question: (Currency Per USD) If Mexican Peso Rate (MXN)=17.996867 If Singapore Dollar Rate (SGD)=1.33511 A Mexican investor wishes to buy 10 SGD bonds - each selling for SGD135,422. How much will the investor need in MXN to buy these?You observe the following quoted money market rates: Spot exchange rate 95-day Forward exchange rate 95-day USD interest rate 95-day AUD interest rate What will your profit (in USD) be 95 days from now if you borrow USD3 million today and invest in Australia and then convert back to USD? In your calculations assume 360 days per year. a. -USD 361,605.85 b. -USD 352,934.10 -USD 272,802.68 Bid Ask AUD1.185/USD AUD1.189/USD AUD1.341/USD AUD1.349/USD 5.57% p.a. 6.38% p.a. 7.71% p.a. 8.81% p.a. O c. O d. -USD322,300.31 O e. None of the options in this question.
- Assume the following information: 90-day U.S. interest rate 4% 90-day Malaysian interest rate 3% 90-day forward rate of Malaysian ringgit $.400 Spot rate of Malaysian ringgit $.404 Assume that the Santa Barbara Co. in the United States will need 300,000 ringgit in 90 days. It wishes to hedge this payables position. Would it be better off using a forward hedge or a money market hedge? Substantiate your answer with estimated costs for each type of hedge.Assume the spot rate between the uk and the US is .€ .6789= $1 while the one year Foward rate is €.6782=$1. The risk free rate in the UK is 3.1 percent. The risk free rate in the U.S is 2.9 percent. How much profit can you earn for the year on a loan of $1,500 by utilizing covered interest abitrage?Suppose that the current spot exchange rate is €0.85 per $ and the three-month forward exchange rate is €0.8313 per $. The three- month interest rate is 5.60 percent per annum in the United States and 5.40 percent per annum in France. Assume that you can borrow up to $1,000,000 or €850,000. Required: a. How will you realize a certain profit via covered interest arbitrage, assuming that you want to realize profit in terms of U.S. dollars? What will be the size of your arbitrage profit? b. Assume that you want to realize profit in terms of euros. Show the covered arbitrage process and determine the arbitrage profit in euros. How will you realize a certain profit and size of your arbitrage profit? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B How will you realize a certain profit via covered interest arbitrage, assuming that you want to realize profit in terms of U.S. dollars? What will be the size of your arbitrage profit? Note: Do not round…