Christoph Hoffeman of Blade Capital now believes the Swiss franc will appreciate versus the U.S. dollar in

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Christoph Hoffeman of Blade Capital now believes the Swiss franc will appreciate versus the U.S. dollar in the coming 3-month period. He has $100,000 to invest. The current spot rate is $0.5820/SF, the 3-month forward rate is $0.5640/SF, and he expects the spot rates to reach $0.6250/SF in three months.

a. Calculate Christoph's expected profit assuming a pure spot market speculation strategy.

b. Calculate Christoph's expected profit assuming he buys or sells SF three months forward.

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Fundamentals of Multinational Finance

ISBN: 978-0205989751

5th edition

Authors: Michael H. Moffett, Arthur I. Stonehill, David K. Eiteman

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