The Market for Foreign Exchange:

An arbitrageur can borrow $2 million or Sf 4.4 million. He checks the market and receives the following information:

Spot rate: Sf 2.2000/$

3-month forward rate: Sf 2.1780/$

Swiss 3-month interest rate: 3.5% per quarter or 14% per annum

U.S.3-month interest rate: 4.25% per quarter or 17% per annum

Assume that there is no transaction cost, explain the steps the arbitrageur should take to make a riskless profit. Also calculate the amount of net gain.