Peter Sheffield has Euros (E) amounting to €500,000 and is provided with the following quotes: Bank A: Euro/US dollar = €0.8418/S Bank A: British pound /US dollar = £0.7538/S Bank B: British pound/Euro = £0.8863/€ Determine whether an arbitrage opportunity exists. Show your calculation in the space below and briefly explain (in one or two sentences) why the arbitrage opportunity exists or not. For example, show your calculation as follows (The currencies used in the example are not applicable to your calculation. It just provide you with information of how you should show your calculation): Yen/ZAR = 11.7654/1.3954 = 8.4316 (Round your answer to 4 decimals) Reason why arbitrage opportunity exists/ does not exist.

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…

You go to a bank and are given these quotes:     You can buy a euro for 17 pesos.    The bank will pay you 16 pesos for a euro.    You can buy a U.S. dollar for 0.69 euros.    The bank will pay you 0.61 euros for a U.S. dollar.    You can buy a U.S. dollar for 14 pesos.    The bank will pay you 12 pesos for a U.S. dollar. You have $5,000. Compute the profit that you would earn using triangular arbitrage. Enter "0", if you incur a loss. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

Swissie Triangular Arbitrage. The following exchange rates are available to you. (You can buy or sell at the stated rates.) Assume you have an initial SF12,000,000. Can you make a profit via triangular arbitrage? If so, show the steps and calculate the amount of profit in Swiss francs (Swissies). Mt. Fuji Bank             ¥92.00 = $1.00 Mt. Rushmore Bank   SF 1.02 = $1.00 Mt. Blanc Bank           ¥90.00 = SF 1.00

Suppose that a commercial bank’s current quote for transactions involving the United Kingdom pound is A$1.9120/75. (a) Define the ask and bid prices in general terms, and state the ask and bid prices for the bank. (b) Define the bid/ask spread in general terms, and calculate the bid/ask spread for the bank. (c) Explain briefly why the United Kingdom does not use the Euro as its currency

Suppose the exchange rate between U.S. dollars and British Pounds is $1.00 = 1.56 Pounds and the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Euro is $1.00 = 1.15 Euros.  What is the direct quote cross rate of one Pound to the euro? (How many Euros will one Pound purchase?) Instruction: Type your answer in euros, and round to two decimal places

Use the information below to calculate the expected gain or loss on the carry trade strategy for an initial borrowed amount of 1,000,000 (you will have to determine the currency of borrowing). Keep at least two decimals in your calculations but round up or down at the end (enter the final answer without decimals). Current spot rate of Polish zloty (PLN/EUR) Expected future spot rate of of zloty (PLN/EUR) in three months Annualized three-month interest rate on Polish zloty (%) Annualized three-month interest rate on euros (%) 3,119,971 135,769 margin of error +/- 10 4.64 4.11 3.77 1.53

A bank in Mississauga has a buying rate of ¥1 = C$0.01275. If the exchange rate is ¥1 = C$0.01315, calculate the rate of commission that the bank charges to buy currencies. Round to two decimal places

Suppose the Japanese yen exchange rate is ¥116/$ and the British pond exchange rate is $1.27/£. a) What is the yen to pound cross-rate? b) Suppose that a bank gives you a quote of ¥156/£. Is there an arbitrage opportunity here? If so, explain how to take advantage of the mispricing.

Ganado Europe (B). Using facts in the chapter for Ganado Europe, assume as in Problem 11.1 that the exchange rate on January 2, 2020, in Exhibit 11.5 dropped from $1.2000 = €1.00 to $0.9000 = €1.00 (Rather than to $1.000/€). Recalculate Ganado Europe’s translated balance sheet for January 2, 2020, with the new exchange rate using the temporal rate method. What is the amount of translation gain or loss? Where should it appear in the financial statements? Why does the translation loss or gain under the temporal method differ from the loss or gain under the current rate method?