Jack Ma, a foreign exchange trader in Canada, has CAD. 4,000,000 for short-term money market investment and wants to make a profit based on the following rates. Explain specific steps that Jack Ma must take to make a covered interest arbitrage. CAD= Canadian Dollar JYP= Japanese Yen 6-month Canadian interest rate 1.6% per annum 6-month Yen interest rate 2.95% per annum Spot rate JYP 93.1395/CAD 6-month forward rate JYP 93.8380/CAD

Jack Ma, a foreign exchange trader in Canada, has CAD. 4,000,000 for short-term money market investment and wants to make a profit based on the following rates. Explain specific steps that Jack Ma must take to make a covered interest arbitrage. CAD= Canadian Dollar JYP= Japanese Yen 6-month Canadian interest rate 1.6% per annum 6-month Yen interest rate 2.95% per annum Spot rate JYP 93.1395/CAD 6-month forward rate JYP 93.8380/CAD

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