Question: A U . S . - based MNC has just signed a contract with a German company that calls for the U . S .

A U.S.-based MNC has just signed a contract with a German company that calls for the U.S. MNC to provide the German company with consulting services over a three-month period that entails payments in euros. At the spot rate of $1.0782/, the current dollar value of the contract is $175 million. At the same time the U.S. company signs a three-month contract with another German company to buy supplies for three- month delivery and agrees to settle its bill in euros. The current dollar value of the euro contract is $45,616,000. At the same time, the U.S. MNC signs a contract to export $60 million worth of its finished product to Ecuador. Also, for delivery and settlement in three months (Ecuador uses the U.S. dollar as its home currency). The U.S.-based MNC is particularly worried about a high degree of uncertainty in the foreign exchange markets. So, it decides to evaluate its hedging alternatives. The following information is available:Spot $1.0782/ Bid $1.0926/ Ask3-month forward $1.0764/ Bid $1.0908/ Ask6-month forward $1.0876/ Bid $1.1020/ Ask3-month futures $1.0762/ Bid and $1.0906/90-day call option #1 $ 1.0805/ strike; $ 0.0390/ premium90-day put option #1 $ 1.0805/ strike; $ 0.0040/ premium180-day call option #2 $ 1.0808/ strike; $ 0.0092/premium180-day put option #2 $ 1.0808/ strike; $ 0.0104/ premium90-day dollar interest rate6.40% per annum (deposit)7.20% per annum (loan)90-day euro interest rate6.80% per annum (deposit)7.40% per annum (loan)please just not paragraph I already saw an answer similar to this example.1-Specify exactly what your exposure is and how you arrive at it.2-Show how each of these hedging alternatives can be achieved.3- Assume the following probability distribution for the euro spot rate at the end of three months. Analyze the option versus the no-hedge alternatives and decide which alternative is probably the better one of the two and why.S1 Probability$1.0960/30%$1.0380/40%$1.0210/30%4-Demonstrate how you compare all alternatives in part II above in terms of cost/benefit and risk and how to choose the best alternative.

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