Consider Samuel Co$.,$ a U$.$S$.$ based MNC that must pay $3$ million Thai baht to a supplier in Thailand. The payment is due in $3$ months, but Samuel believes the baht will appreciate over those $3$ months. Moreover, forward contracts and other hedging strategies are not available to the MNC$.$ However, since $($hypothetically$)$ the Hungarian forint is highly correlated with the Thai baht, the MNC purchases forint forward and plans to use those forint to exchange for baht when the payable is due.

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