Question: The U . S . three - month interest rate ( unannualized ) is 4 . 2 5 % . The Sweden three - month

The U.S. three-month interest rate (unannualized) is 4.25%. The Sweden three-month interest rate (unannualized) is 5.70%. There are three-month European call options and put options available for Swedish krona (SEK). Both options have the same premium of $0.0018/SEK and a strike price of $0.0950/SEK. The spot rate of the Swedish krona (SEK) is $0.0960/SEK. Assume that you believe in International Fisher Effect (IFE), that is, the future spot exchange rate is determined by the IFE.
a. Forecast the dollar amount of your profit or loss from buying a 3-month European call option contract specifying SEK10,000,000. Round the intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places and final answer to 2 decimal places.
b. Forecast the USD received by A&M company which uses the put option to hedge against its 3 month receivables of SEK10,000,000. Round the intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places and final answer to 2 decimal places.

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