International Financial Management
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780357130698
Author: Madura
Publisher: Cengage
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(c) What risks are associated with this operation? 2. David Agbo is considering buying ten call options on Swiss franc on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange at a strike price of 54 cents per pound. The contract size is SF62, 500. The option will expire in three months. The premium is 2.0 cents per pound. Ignore the brokerage cost. The spot rate is currently $.5400/SF and the three-month forward rate is $.5525/SF. David…
Slowistan is a very small country whose currency is the US dollar. On Jan 1 2021 the price of a stock S was quoted for sale on the Slowistan stock market at $37. Slowistan’s stock market settlement convention is T + 3 months. Suppose all interest rates are 5% per month, no matter how many days in the month, to be compounded for longer periods. How would they quote the stock price if Slowistan suddenly changes its settlement convention to T+ 2 months? Assume the year consists of 12 months each 30 days long.
In a daily meeting, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) gave Ari the following table of market rates
Spot exchange rate:
Yen 106/$
U.S. dollar interest rate per annum
10%
Japanese Yen interest rate per annum
6%
and told Ari that the company’s financial analyst expected the Japanese Yen to depreciate against the U.S. dollar by 3.46% in 90 days. Assume there are 360 days in a year, and all interest rates are simple interest rates. If the financial analyst’s prediction about the US dollar and Japanese Yen turned out to be true:
What would the spot exchange rate (Yen/$) be in 90 days?
Would Ari make a profit by borrowing 1 million US dollar and investing in the money markets?
If yes, how much profit would Ari realize in 90 days?
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