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- The current spot exchange rate is $1.22/€ and the three-month forward rate is $1.30/€. You enter into a short position on €1,000. At maturity, the spot exchange rate is $1.50/€. How much have you made or lost? A. Lost $200 B. Made €200 C. Made $80 D. Made $200You Answered Today you observe the folowing quotes: Spot EURUSD $1.37 60 Day Forward EURUSD = $1.15 In 60 day you expec to receive 281,718 Euros. In 60 days you expect the EURUSD exchange rate to be $1.17. In 60 days the EURUSD actually is $1.21. You decided to hedge your receivables with a forward. How many USD will you receive? 232,824.79You have called your Forex dealer and asked for quotations USD/EUR on the spot, 1 month, 3-month and 6-month forward rates. The trader has responded with the following: USD 1.284/98 3/5 8/7 13/10 What does this mean in terms of dollars per euro? If you wished to buy spot euros, how much would you pay in dollars? If you wanted to purchase spot USD, how much would you have to pay in euro?
- KA. An analyst observed the following rates: USD/JPY spot rate: 0.94105; The 3-months forward rate is 0.94320. Your coworker mentioned that the interest rate might be higher in one of the two countries.Q1-13 If a speculator observes that the current 3-month forward rate on Swiss francs is 20¢ = 1 franc, but he/she expects that the spot rate in 3 months will be 30¢ = 1 franc, then this speculator would now a. buy dollars on the forward market. b. buy francs on the forward market. c. sell francs on the forward market. d. buy francs on the spot market and simultaneously sell francs on the 3-month forward market if the current spot rate is 25¢ = 1 franc.In a recent e-news, you observe that the 6-month forward rate is $1.5031/Euro. Further, if you invest the dollar, it fetches you interest at the rate of 2% p.a. In comparison, the interest rate in Eurozone is 1% p.a. You also see that CAD 1.5513 are needed to purchase a Euro and CAD 1.332 are needed to buy a US$. Is it possible for you to make an arbitrage profit? If so, which arbitrage strategies will you employ and what will be the profit? Assume that interest rate parity holds and you have one million dollars available to conduct arbitrage.
- Suppose the risk free rate in pounds is 5.12% and the risk free rate in US dollars is 7.71%. The current £ to $ exchange is 1.43. You and a broker want to agree an exchange rate now for a £ to $ conversion, but where the money will be exchanged in precisely 36 months time. What exchange rate (£ to $) should you and your broker use to ensure there is no arbitrage? Give your answer to 2 decimal places.Suppose the current USD/euro exchange rate is 1.2000 dollars per euro. The six-month forward exchange rate is 1.1950. The six-month USD interest rate is 1% per annum continuously compounded. Estimate the six-month euro interest rate. I am using this formula F=S*e^(rs-rs)*t 1.1950=1.2*e^(0.01-rf)*0.5 (Its for a Derivatives class, am I right?)Suppose the spot rate for the Canadian dollar is CAD1.034 = USD1, the 3-month forward rate is CAD1.036 = USD1, and the 1-year forward rate is CADS1.039. = USD1. If no other information is available, what will be your guess about the spot rate in 1 year?