One month after the events described in Problems 12 and 13, Casper Landsten once again has $1
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One month after the events described in Problems 12 and 13, Casper Landsten once again has $1 million (or its Swiss franc equivalent) to invest for three months. He now faces the following rates. Should he again enter into a covered interest arbitrage (CIA) investment?
Arbitrage funds available.....................$1,000,000
Spot exchange rate (SFr/$)........................1.3392
3-month forward rate (SFr/$).....................1.3286
U.S. dollar 3-month interest rate................4.750%
Swiss franc 3-month interest rate...............3.625%
Exchange RateThe value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another. Exchange Rate means on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent of any currency other than Dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into Dollars...
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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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