1- Current spot exchange rate is $1.20/£ and quarterly forward rate is $1.18/£. Based on your research, you expect the exchange rate to be $1.19/£ in three months. Let's say you have £1,000,000 available to you.

a. What is the current forward premium/discount on sterling?

b. What action do you need to take to speculate on your expectation of the exchange rate? If your expectation is correct, what is your profit/loss?

c. If the exchange rate is $1,175/£ three months later, what is your profit/loss?

2- While visiting Turin, Italy, you bought a Ferrari for 135.000 € with a maturity of three months. You have enough cash at your bank in New York that pays 0.35 per month compounded. Currently the spot rate is $1.15/€ and the quarterly forward rate is $1.14/€. In Turin, the money market investment rate for a cumulative quarterly investment is 2.0%. There are two ways to pay for your Ferrari:

a. Keep your money in the bank in the USA and buy 135.000 € futures

b. Buy spot today for a certain amount of € and deposit the amount in Turin for three months so that the maturity value is equal to € 135,000. Which method do you prefer?

3- Suppose the December 2016 Mexican Peso futures contract is $0.90975 per 10MXN. You believe the spot price in December will be $0.9700 per 10MXN. The size of 1 MXN futures contract is MXN500,000. What position do you need to enter to take advantage of your prospect? If you use three futures contracts, what will your profit/loss be if your belief is correct?

4- A speculator is considering buying five quarterly Euro call options (€100,000 each) for a striking price of $0.869/€. The premium is 1.35 cents per €. The spot price is US$0.84/€ and the 90-day forward rate is US$0.85/€. The speculator believes that the euro will rise to $0.91/€ in the next three months. As the speculator's assistant, you were asked to prepare the following:

a. Determine the profit of the speculator if the euro rises to $.91/€.

b. Determine the speculator's profit if the euro appreciates only by the forward rate

c. Determine the future spot rate at which the speculator will only break even.

5- Currently the spot rate is $1.50/£ and the quarterly forward rate is $1.52/£. The quarterly interest rate is 8.0% per annum in the US and 5.8% per annum in the UK. Let's say you can borrow up to $1 million. or £1 million.

a. Is there a secured interest arbitrage opportunity for a US multinational company? What's the payoff if the CIA runs it?

b. Is there a secured interest arbitrage opportunity for a UK multinational? What's the payoff if the CIA runs it?

c. How will the implicit interest rate parity be restored?

d. What should be the “correct” forward exchange rate?

6- Suppose the current spot rates are $1,15/€ and $1,25/£. Let's say a dealer offers you €1.18/. Is there a triangle arbitrage opportunity? Calculate your profit for $1 million. starting amount

7- Briefly discuss the advantages and disadvantages of fixed and floating exchange rates.

8- “If a country has a currency board, all monetary policy is on autopilot”. explain this expression

9- What are the macroeconomic effects of the appreciation/depreciation in the exchange rate?

10- What is the main difference between direct and indirect interventions in foreign exchange markets?

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Solution 1a The current forward premium on sterling is 118 120 002 Sterling is trading at a discount 1b To speculate on the expected exchange rate of ... View the full answer