Hedging: Tricolor Industries has purchased equipment from a Brazilian firm for a total cost of 272,500 Brazilian

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Hedging: Tricolor Industries has purchased equipment from a Brazilian firm for a total cost of 272,500 Brazilian reals. The firm has to pay in 30 days. Citibank has given the firm a 30-day forward quote of $0.1829/real. Assume that on the day the payment is due, the spot rate is expected to be $0.2103/real. How much would Tricolor have saved by hedging with a forward contract?

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Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9781119795438

5th Edition

Authors: Robert Parrino, David S. Kidwell, Thomas W. Bates

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