Users of the London Precious Metals Market Dealing Basics The London Gold and Silver‚ Platinum and Palladium Fixings Borrowing‚ Lending and Forward Transactions Precious Metals Loans and Deposits Precious Metals Forwards Options in the Precious Metals Markets Additional Dealing Facilities Deferred Accounts Spot Deferred Forward Contract Inventory Loans Gold Forward Rate Agreements (FRA) and Interest Rate Swaps (IRS) FRA & IRS Credit Risk Exchange for Physical (EFPs) Support Facilities Vaulting Clearing
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market portfolio is 6%. Assume continuous compounding. Assume that oil β = 1.5. Let the spot price of oil be 100. (a) Suppose the forward price of oil (F0 ) for a contract that matures in 2 years trades at $130. What is the quantity u − y implied by this forward price? (b) Suppose there is no trading in 6-month and 1-year forward contracts. What would be the forward prices of oil at 6-month and 1-year maturities
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payment cost for Pixonix in Canadian dollars if it hedges by going long a forward contract for US$ 7.5 million. Fill out the table below. (Note: the forward rates are direct quotes for the Canadian dollar. For simplification‚ assume that the forward contract and payment all expire three months from November 2‚ 2007) Table 1: Forward vs. Unhedged Position Expected Spot Rate in 3 months Unhedged payment C$ Forward gain/loss C$ Net Payment C$ C$ 0.90/$ 6.75M C$ 1.00/$ 7.5M C$ 1.10/$
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So far‚ in the book Best foot forward by Joan Bauer‚ Jenna finds out that Mrs. Gladstones greedy son‚ the head of the company‚ was hiding the fact that the shoes were being produced in a sweatshop and the people making the shoes were children working in terrible conditions and only making $1.20 an hour. Soon‚ the public finds out and Elden‚ Mrs. Gladstone’s son‚ wants to tell the public that the children working in the sweatshop are lucky to even make any money‚ but Mrs. Gladstone had another idea
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_______________FX______________________________________________ FXIP – FX information portal Wcrs – world currency ranker Wcr – World currency rates Xdsh – world currency customizable Allq – quote sources Fxtf – fx ticket finder Fxfc – fx forecast Frd – forward fx Fxdv – fx derivative _______________________________________________________________ Hp – historical price (first select equity) GP – graphical price (first select a ticker) Cn – company news (same) Video commodity Welcome to the commodities
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737 jets from Boeing. The total purchase price was $500‚000‚000‚ which was payable in U.S. dollars on delivery of the aircrafts in one year. Chairman Ruhnau chose a partial cover by hedging 50% of the exposure with forward contracts‚ which was $250 million at the one year forward rate of DM3.2/$. He left the remaining 50% ($250 million) uncovered. Due to this decision‚ Lufthansa paid DM225‚000‚000 more than if Ruhnau would have chosen to not hedge at all or DM196‚000‚000 if he chose the put
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896N1 THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX MSc EXAMINATION 2011/12 SAMPLE – MOCK EXAMINATION Multinational Financial Management Date Time Student number This exam paper is divided into three parts: Part A: multiple-choice questions (answer sheet on page 2 of this document) Part B: calculation question Part C: questions requiring short written answers Duration: 2.0 hours University approved calculators are permitted Write your student number on this document and submit it with the answer book
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exchange programs of AIFS‚ which leads to annual revenues of around $ 200 million. As the catalog prices in USD have to be fixed and guaranteed more than one year before the costs in foreign currencies have to be paid‚ AIFS is hedging currency risks by forwards and options. Mrs. Tabaczynski (CFO) and Mr. Archer-Lock (controller) are always in search of the best
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107-051-1 MITSURU MISAWA OSG CORPORATION: HEDGING TRANSACTION EXPOSURE On Monday‚ April 24th 2006‚ the US dollar fell to a new three-month low against the yen of ¥114.30/$ in Tokyo’s foreign exchange market‚ the lowest rate since January 16th 2006. This was a reflection of trading in New York three days earlier‚ on Friday‚ where the dollar had fallen more than 1.75% against the yen. The depreciation of the dollar against the yen was a direct result of a meeting of the G7 in Washington D.C. on April
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Here are twenty things that you can do to change people’s lives‚ yourself‚ and the world. These are in no particular order. 1 – Adopt – Adopting someone is one of the greatest things you can do. You’ll change your life and someone else’s. Adopt a baby‚ a child‚ or a teen. By being adopted they’ll always know that there is truly kind people in the world and they’ll pay it back to society. 2 – Just Be Nice – This is something EVERYONE can do‚ you don’t need any money or any talent. Hold the door
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