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a) Suppose that your dealer is quoting the following forward rates: Spot 1 month 2 month $/ Bid 1.0770 5 13 Offer 1.0780 8

 

a) Suppose that your dealer is quoting the following forward rates: Spot 1 month 2 month $/ Bid 1.0770 5 13 Offer 1.0780 8 17 X/ Bid 133.3300 133.3700 4250 7540 Offer 3530 6820 / Bid 1.3910 3 103 183 Offer 1.3922 99 178 Suppose that you want to buy 2-month forward YEN against 2- month forward GBP. What is the dealer's rate? [30%] b) A customer wants to buy 15m against dollars 3-month forward from a bank. The 3-month sterling interest rate is 3%, the 3 month dollar interest rate is 2%. The spot bid rate is 1.2350 $/, while the spot ask/offer is 1.2370 $/. Calculate the 3-months forward exchange rate on the assumption that the covered interest rate parity holds. [20%] c) On 10.09.2016. an investor buys a 91 days certificate of deposit with a face value of 1000, an interest rate of 7.5%, 31 days to maturity and a yield of 5.8%. i. What is the clean price paid by the investor for this security? [15%] ii. On 30.09.2016, the investor decides to sell the security. What is the yield the security sells for, if the (dirty) price is 1016? [15%) d) The yield at issue on a 61-day T-bill is 8.7%. What was the discount rate? [20%]

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