Stephenson Jacks, a UK company, has just signed a contract to sell passenger cars to an Egyptian
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Spot rate (LE/£) 9.2723180-day forward rate (LE/£) 9.4211180-day British pound investment interest rate 5%p.a.180-day British pound borrowing interest rate 7%p.a.180-day Egyptian pound investment interest rate 8%p.a.180-day Egyptian pound borrowing interest rate 10%p.a.The current cost of capital of Stephenson Jacks 12%The company adviser expects that the future exchange rate in 180 days will be LE9.3655.
Required:Identify the various strategies Stephenson Jacks might use to hedge its foreign exchange transaction risk and evaluate their outcomes. Advise the company on its selection of an appropriate hedging strategy.
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