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Please show your work to understand the calculations. 1) A foreign exchange trader at J.P. Morgan Chase, can invest $10 million, or the foreign currency

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1) A foreign exchange trader at J.P. Morgan Chase, can invest $10 million, or the foreign currency equivalent of the bank's short term funds, in a covered interest arbitrage with Denmark. Using the following quotes of exchange rate and annual interest rate, can he/she make covered interest arbitrage (CIA) profit?

Assumptions Value
Arbitrage funds available $10,000,000
Spot exchange rate (kr/$) 6.1920
3-month forward rate (kr/$) 6.2350
Expected future spot rate (Kr/$) 6.2400
US dollar 3-month interest rate 3.000%
Danish kroner 3-month interest rate 6.000%
a)

$2,500.00

b)

$5,000.00

c)

Kr 9,599.99

d)

Kr 681,600

2) Other things equal, and assuming efficient markets, if a Honda Accord costs $24,682 in the U.S., then at an exchange rate of $1.57/, the Honda Accord should cost ________ in Great Britain.

a)

15,721

b)

10,795

c)

24,682

d)

38,751

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