Chapter 7, Problem 3SBD

Union Corp must make a single payment of €5 million in six months at the maturity of a payable to a French firm.  The finance manager expects the spot price   of the € to remain stable at the current rate of $1.60/€.  But as a precaution, the manager is concerned that the rate could rise as high as $1.70/€ or fall as low         as $1.50/€.  Because of this uncertainty, the manager recommends that Union Corp hedge the payment using either options or futures.  Six months Call and Put options with an exercise price of $1.60/€ are available.  The Call sells for $.08/€ and the Put sells for $.04/€.  A six month futures contract on € is trading at $1.60/€. Should the manager be worried about the dollar depreciating or appreciating? If Union Corp decides to hedge using options, should it buy Calls or Puts to hedge the payment?  Why? If futures are used to hedge, should the company buy or sell € futures? Why? What will be the net payment on the payable if an option contact was used?  assume…

Microsoft corporation wants to reduce its interest rate exposure and will need to borrow $1,000,000 in six months' time for a 6-month period. The interest rate at which it can borrow today is 6-month LIBOR plus 0.5 percent. Let us further assume that the 6-month LIBOR currently is at 0.89465%, but the company’s treasurer thinks it might rise as high as 1.30% over the forthcoming months.The treasurer choses to buy a 6x12 FRA in order to cover the period of 6 months starting 6 months from now. He receives a quote of 0.95450% from his bank and buys the FRA for 1,000,000 $ on April 8th.Characteristics of the FRA known on trade date:Trade date 08/04/2019Spot date (t+2) 12/04/2019Fixing date 10/10/2019Settlement date 12/10/2019Maturity date 12/04/2020 Contract period: 182 daysFRA rate 0.95450% On the fixing date (October 10th, 2019), the 6-month LIBOR fixes at 1.26222, which is the settlement rate applicable for the company's FRA. a) Calculate and interpret the interest differential, did the…

A business plans to borrow approximately $40 million in short-term funding through the issue of commercial paper in three months’ time. The business does not have a view on what is likely to happen to interest rates over the next three months, but it would be very satisfied if it could obtain its funding at the current yield. Using the following data, show how 90-day bank-accepted bills futures contracts can be used to hedge the interest rate risk to which the business is exposed. Show the calculation and timing of all transactions and cash flows (ignore transaction costs and marginrequirements). Today’s data:   current commercial paper yields 6.00 per cent perannum   90-day bank-accepted bills futures contract 93.75. Data in threemonths: commercial paper yields 7.00 per cent perannum   90-day bank-accepted bills futures contract93.25.

(a) Jade Smith is a foreign exchange trader for a bank in New York. He has $1 million for a short-term money market investment and he faces the following quotes: (Assuming there are 360 days a year) Spot exchange rate (SFr/$) 1.2810 3-month forward rate (SFr/$) 1.2740 US dollar annual interest rate 4.8% Swiss franc annual interest rate 3.2% He wonders whether he should invest in US dollars for 90 days or make a covered interest arbitrage (CIA) investment in the swiss franc, and what is the profit/loss if he carries out this investment.  (b) Using the same values in the table above, Jade decides to seek the full 4.8% return available in the US dollars by not covering his forward dollar receipts – an uncovered interest arbitrage (UIA) transaction. What is the maximum expected spot exchange rate (SFr/$) at the end of the 90-day period at which Jade can avoid losing money?

A UK oil trader, Teresa, is considering purchasing oil on the spot market for speculative purposes. The current spot price is $18 a barrel. However, she expects the price to decline to $16 a barrel in one month's time. If she bought on the spot market today, she would hold the oil for one month at a cost of £0.002 a barrel for the month, after which she could sell the oil on the spot market. The current US dollar exchange rate is $1.50/£. If she expects the exchange rate to be $1.30/£1 in one month's time, what is her expected gain/loss on the oil deal? A. £0.306 gain per barrel   B. £0.027 gain per barrel   C. £1.540 loss per barrel   D. £6.202 loss per barrel

Suppose that the treasurer of IBM has an extra cash reserve of $100,000,000 to invest for six months. The interest rate is 12 percent per annum in the United States and 11 percent per annum in Germany. Currently, the spot exchange rate is €1.05 per dollar and the six-month forward exchange rate is €1.03 per dollar. The treasurer of IBM does not wish to bear any exchange risk. Where should he or she invest to maximize the return?

On the London Metals Exchange, the price for copper to be delivered in one year is $5,820 a ton. (Note: Payment is made when the copper is delivered.) The risk-free interest rate is 2.00% and the expected market return is 8%.    a. Suppose that you expect to produce and sell 10,000 tons of copper next year. What is the PV of this output? Assume that the sale occurs at the end of the year. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer in millions rounded to 2 decimal places.)     b-1. If copper has a beta of 1.28, what is the expected price of copper at the end of the year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)       b-2. Assume copper has a beta of 1.28. What is the certainty-equivalent end-of-year price?

A company is due to receive €2,500,000 two-months from today and wishes to save the funds for three months. Money market interest rate spreads for short-term euro transactions are presented in the table below.     Money Market Euro Interest Rate Spreads (%) 1 month 2 months 3 months 4 months 5 months 6 months 0.20 - 0.25 0.28– 0.33 0.35 – 0.40 0.45 – 0.56 0.60 – 0.67 0.75 – 0.83   Assume that the company wishes to undertake a money market hedge to fix the future deposit rate. Explain the character of the company’s interest rate risk exposure and calculate the annualised forward interest rate that it can achieve using the current interest rates. Base calculations on months rather than days.

A Japanese exporter has a €1,000,000 receivable due in one year. To hedge the position, you will buy put options on euro True or   False?