The Australian dollar - Japanese Yen exchange rate is currently given by $A 1= Yen 100. Australian Government 1-year bond rates are 2% while Japanese Government 1-year bond rates are 0.5%. Everything else being equal, Japanese currency investors should, a. Buy the $A, sell Japanese Government bonds and buy Japanese Yen b. Buy the $A, buy Japanese Government bonds and sell Japanese Yen c. Sell the $A, sell Australian Government bonds and buy Japanese Yen d. Sell the $A, buy Australian Government bonds and buy Japanese Yen

The Australian dollar - Japanese Yen exchange rate is currently given by $A 1= Yen 100. Australian Government 1-year bond rates are 2% while Japanese Government 1-year bond rates are 0.5%. Everything else being equal, Japanese currency investors should, a. Buy the $A, sell Japanese Government bonds and buy Japanese Yen b. Buy the $A, buy Japanese Government bonds and sell Japanese Yen c. Sell the $A, sell Australian Government bonds and buy Japanese Yen d. Sell the $A, buy Australian Government bonds and buy Japanese Yen

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Using the currency cross rate table, convert C$300.00 to Japanese yen. Canadian dollar U.S. dollar Euro Japanese yen British pound Australian dollar Canadian U.S. Euro Japanese British Australian dollar dollar yen pound dollar 1.5792 0.0129 2.2735 1.1601 0.0078 1.6624 0.0083 1.4355 197.1834 1.4103 0.7091 0.6332 0.8620 77.5194 128.2051 120.4819 0.4399 0.6015 0.6966 1.1012 1.4945 1.7319 C$300.00 will purchase Japanese yen. (Round to the nearest yen as needed.) 0.0051 0.0126 2.4907 0.9081 0.6691 0.5774 79.4098 0.4015
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Let's say a bank offers the following exchange rates between US Dollar ($), Euro (€), British Pound (£) and Japanese Yen (¥): $/€ 1.20 i.e., €1 equals $1.20 $/£1.40 i.e., £1 equals $1.40 €/£1,16 i.e., £1 equals €1.16 ¥/$120 i.e., $1 equals 120¥ ¥/€140 i.e., €1 equals 140¥ Show how you can make a profit with triangular arbitrage by trading at the above exchange rates by following two alternative strategies. More specifically, the first strategy should only use transactions/conversions between dollar ($), Euro (€) and poundsterling (£), while the second strategy should only use transactions/conversions between dollar ($), Euro (€) and Japanese yen (¥). In both strategies, suppose you start with $1 ($) in your hands. Calculate the profit of each strategy. Which of the two strategies is more advantageous?
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The following is information on interest-rates and exchange rates for Australia and the U.K. being quoted by ANZ bank (assume there are no bid-ask spreads, for simplicity). The spot exchange rate for the number of AUD (Australian dollars) per GBP (British pound) is 1.8005. The annualized 6 month interest-rate in Australia (respectively, the U.K.) is 10% (respectively, 8%). Using the formula given in class, what is the 6 month forward exchange rate (consistent with no arbitrage) expressed as the number of AUD per GBP? Assume 6 months is exactly 0.5 years. Give your answer to 4 decimal places (because Canvas only accepts 4 decimal places).
The theory of purchasing power parity (PPP) states that in the long-run exchange rates between two countries adjusts so that the price of an identical good is the same when expressed in the same currency. A scanner sells for $65.45 in the United States. The exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Swiss franc (SFr) is $0.8245 per Swiss franc. Assuming that PPP holds true, how much does the same scanner cost in Switzerland? SFr 95.26 SFr 83.35 SFr 99.23 SFr 79.38
Suppose Dassie Bank quoted the exchange rate of Singapore dollar in US$ at $0.60, the pound rate in US$ at $1.50, and the pound rate in Singapore dollars at S$2.6. For a US resident having $1,000 to do triangular arbitrage, she/he will end up withAnswerUS dollars after the arbitrage.
International financial management: MCQ If the direct exchange rate of the pound is worth $1.3825, What is the indirect rate of the pound? (a) about 0.7233 US dollars. (b) about 1.3825 pounds. (c) about 0.7233 pounds. (d) about 0.7533 pounds. 2. Assume the Canadian dollar is equal to £0.51 and the Peruvian Sol is equal to £0.16. The value of the Canadian dollars Peruvian Sol is: (a) about 3.1875 Sol (b) about .3137 Sol (c) about 5.7681 Sol
Vicky Gomez, a foreign exchange trader at Wells Fargo, can invest $1M, or the foreign currency equivalent of the bank's short term funds, in an uncovered or covered interest arbitrage with the United Kingdom. Arbitrage funds available to invest: $1M( or the equivalent in pounds) Spot rate ($/Ł) : 1.9422 90-day forward exchange rate ($/Ł): 1.9150 Expected 90-day spot exchange rate ($/Ł): 1.8810 U.S. dollar 90-day interest rate: 2.000% U.K. pound 90-day interest rate: 5.900% A.Should Vicky make an covered investment in the UK? Show work and give answer. B. Shoudl Vicky make an uncovered investment in the UK? Show work and give answer.
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