Solution to ch 7 Answers to End of Chapter Questions 1. Explain the concept of locational arbitrage and the scenario necessary for it to be plausible. ANSWER: Locational arbitrage can occur when the spot rate of a given currency varies among locations. Specifically‚ the ask rate at one location must be lower than the bid rate at another location. The disparity in rates can occur since information is not always immediately available to all banks. If a disparity does exist‚ locational
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A pair of New Eyes What a beautiful sunny day! I really should not just stay at home and write the damn essay. “Come on‚ let’s go to Whyte Ave and there just has some new arrivals at Oak + FORT.” Oh‚ that sounds great. Wait‚ what am I doing‚ I can’t do that. “Why not? Your paper is due next Thursday and you still have 5 days. Don’t be such a wet blanket.” No way! I suggest you’d better shut up and leave me alone before I get angry. I have to do my paper today and I really hate your annoying voice
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Currency Conversion Final Project The Currency Conversion application is a menu-driven program that allows users to select one of five international currency types‚ input the amount of a foreign currency‚ and then converts the foreign currency to dollars. The program displays the equivalent dollar amount and returns the user to the menu until another conversion is inputted or quits the program. International currency type (menu selection) * Canadian dollars (rate: 1 U.S. dollar = 1.4680
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technique before determining which technique to apply. A futures hedge involves the use of currency futures. To hedge future payables‚ the firm may purchase a currency futures contract for the currency that it will be required. A forward hedge differs from a futures hedge in that forward contracts are used instead of futures contract to lock in the future exchange rate at which the firm will buy or sell a currency .An exposure to exchange rate movements need not necessarily be hedged‚ despite the ease
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is the price of one country’s currency in terms of another country’s currency Quoted exchange rates can be either direct or indirect‚ Direct: home currency per unit of foreign currency 39 Rupees per US Dollars 80 Rupees per Pound Indirect: foreign currency per unit of home currency 0.0255102 US Dollar per Indian Rupee 0.491594 Pound per Indian Rupee Appreciation of Currency Currency Appreciation means that the given currency has become more valuable with
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CASE: Managing Offshore Investments: Who’s Currency?1 The Offshore Investment Fund (OIF) was incorporated in Fairfield‚ Connecticut‚ for the sole purpose of allowing U.S. shareholders to invest in Maltese securities. The Fund is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The custodian of the Fund is the Shady Rest Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut (“Shady Rest”)‚ which keeps the accounts of the Fund. The question very quickly arose as to the currency in which the books of the fund were to be kept
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need to understand the pegging. Pegging is an idea of fixing the exchange rate of currency with the value of another’s country currency or to a basket of value‚ generally a small economy peg its currency with the currency of big economy so as to stabilize the value of the currency. The main issue to deal with are 1) The impact of pegging on china and other economies 2) Why China never wanted to De peg its currency? 3) The basis on which De-pegging should be done? 4) Other competitive advantage
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Functional Currency Determination Case 10/10/2011 ABSTRACT In the dynamic global market‚ companies of all sizes‚ whether small‚ medium or transnationals interact with foreign companies and in most cases operate with currencies that are different from those that they commonly use. Foreign companies use foreign currencies for their expenditures‚ hedging strategies‚ and investing and financing activities. As a result these business activities must be reflected on the financial statements in the
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Chapter 9 Mini Case – McDonald’s Corporation’s British Pound Exposure 1. How does the cross currency swap effectively hedge the three primary exposures McDonalds has relative to its British subsidiary. In general‚ cross currency swap is a contract to swap currencies of debt service obligation (Eiteman‚ Stonehill‚ & Moffett‚ p. 245). For example‚ McDonalds needs to swap pound denominated fixed interest rate and adopt floating interest rate from the US headquarter. The need to enter into swap agreement
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changing due to changes in currency exchange rates. It is the risk that an investor will have to close out a long or short position in a foreign currency at a loss due to an adverse movement in exchange rates. Foreign Exchange Risk is also known as "currency risk" or "exchange-rate risk”. This risk usually affects businesses that export and/or import‚ but it can also affect investors making international investments. For example‚ if money must be converted to another currency to make a certain investment
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