You are a Banking Consultant to the Bank of Tokyo, In Japan. One of the Bank's clients, a young undergraduate student in Finance at a major University in Japan, is asking for an unsecured loan from Bank of Tokyo to invest in a unique business venture called "Yen-Carry Trade". In his Business plan, the Client states that he had studied the theory and practice of this, and historically it had been a very profitable venture giving a return of 40%. He plans to invest the equivalent of $10,000 and borrow $90,000 from Bank of Tokyo at an annual interest rate of 1%. He plans to return the money in 1 year.

What would you recommend?

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As a Banking Consultant to the Bank of Tokyo I would approach this request with caution and thorough analysis The YenCarry Trade is a financial strate... View the full answer