An exchange rate has a given expected future value and standard deviation. A. Assuming that the exchange
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A. Assuming that the exchange rate is normally distributed, what are the probabilities that the exchange rate will be at least 2 or 3 standard deviations away from its mean?
B. Assume that you do not know the distribution of exchange rates. Use Chebyshev's inequality (that at least 1 − 1/k2 proportion of the observations will be within k standard deviations of the mean for any positive integer k greater than 1) to calculate the maximum probabilities that the exchange rate will be at least 2 or 3 standard deviations away from its mean?
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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... Future Value
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Quantitative Investment Analysis
ISBN: 978-1119104223
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Authors: Richard A. DeFusco, Dennis W. McLeavey, Jerald E. Pinto, David E. Runkle
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