Christoph Hoffeman of Kapinsky Capital Geneva now believes the Swiss franc will appreciate versus the U.S. dollar

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Christoph Hoffeman of Kapinsky Capital Geneva now believes the Swiss franc will appreciate versus the U.S. dollar in the coming three-month period. He has $100,000 to invest. The current spot rate is $0.5820/SF, the three-month forward rate is $0.5640/SF, and he expects the spot rates to reach $0.6250/SF in three months.

a. Calculate Christoph's expected profit assuming a pure spot market speculation strategy.

b. Calculate Christoph's expected profit assuming he buys or sells SF three months forward?

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Multinational Business Finance

ISBN: 978-0133879872

14th edition

Authors: David K. Eiteman, Arthur I. Stonehill, Michael H. Moffett

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