A foreign exchange trader with a U.S. bank took a short position of 5 million when the

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A foreign exchange trader with a U.S. bank took a short position of £5 million when the £:$ exchange rate was 1.45. Subsequently, the exchange rate changed to 1.51. Is this movement in the exchange rate good from the point of view of the position taken by the trader? By how much did the bank's liability change because of the change in exchange rate?
Exchange Rate
The value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another. Exchange Rate means on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent of any currency other than Dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into Dollars...
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Global Investments

ISBN: 978-0321527707

6th edition

Authors: Bruno Solnik, Dennis McLeavey

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