Consider a U. 5. based company that exports goods to Switzerland. The company expects to receive a payment for a shipment of goods in 120 days. Since the payment will be in Swiss francs, the U. 5. based company wants to hedge against a drop in the value of the Swiss franc over the next 120 days. The U. 5. risk free rate is 3% and the Swiss risk free rate is 2%%, both on a continuously compounded basis. The spot price of the Swiss franc is USD 1.1019. Use the above information to answer this and the next five questions. 1) The arbitrage-free forward price of the 120 day Swiss franc forward contract is closest to: a. USD 1.1055 b. CHF 0.9905 c. USD 1.0098 2) As a consultant for the U. 5. company, you are asked to recommend how the company could hedge its foreign exchange risk. You recommend: a. Selling a futures contract on Swiss francs b. Writing a put option on Swiss francs C. Buying a call option on Swiss francs 3) Suppose that the Swiss franc forward contract's market price in USD is lower than its arbitrage-free price in USD. How would you arbitrage? a. Buy the forward contract; Borrow U. 5. dollars; Convert U. 5. dollars into Swiss francs at the spot exchange rate; Lend Swiss francs b. Sell the forward contract; Borrow U. 5. dollars; Convert U. 5. dollars into Swiss francs at the spot exchange rate; Lend Swiss francs c. Buy the forward contract; Borrow Swiss francs; Convert Swiss francs into U. 5. dollars at the spot exchange rate; Lend U. 5. dollars 4) Suppose that the U. 5. based company were to buy a forward contract on 1 million Swiss francs with a forward price of USD 1.1030 and 120 days to the delivery date. 45 days later, the spot price of the Swiss franc is USD 1.1330 and interest rates are unchanged. Use this information to answer questions this and the next two questions. The new arbitrage-free forward price is closest to: a. USD 1.1353 b. CHF 0.8844 C. USD 1.1307 5) The value of the long forward position is closest to: a.-USD 27,500 b. USD 27,500 c. USD 32,200 6) On the delivery date, the spot price of the Swiss franc is USD 1.0033. Which of the following is correct? 3. The counterparty to the U. 5. company would experience a loss on its forward position b. The counterparty to the U.S. company would experience a gain on its forward position c. The counterparty to the U. 5. company would experience neither a gain nor a loss on its forward position