1. Your firm has an account receivable of 20 million due in 3 months. You are asked to evaluate the following hedging alternatives:

• Strategy A: Remain unhedged
• Strategy B: Forward (Future) hedging
• Strategy C: Money market hedging
• Strategy D: Option hedging

FX market	Spot Rate = 1.3600 $/ 3-month Forward Rate = 1.3580 $/ from Credit Suisse (CS) 3-month Forward Rate = 1.3560 $/ from Barclays Expected Spot Rate (S3) = 1.3300 $/
Money market	Borrowing: r = 8.4% p.a.; r$ = 7.6% p.a. Deposit: r = 7.0% p.a.; r$ = 6.0% p.a.
Option market	Put on : K=1.34 $/, P = 1.0% of spot rate Call on : K=1.35 $/, C = 1.2% of spot rate
Cost of Capital	Firms Cost of Capital = 12 % p.a.

1. At T = 0, how do you use forward contract to hedge an account receivable? State clearly what you buy or sell, and how much and what would you receive/pay on expiration day of the contract.

2. How do you construct a money market hedge for an account receivable? Specify each step. Assume the company can use additional cash to invest in a project, what is the value of the hedged account receivable in 3 months?

3. Compare Strategies B &C, which is better?

4. How do you use an option to hedge an account receivable? With using an option to hedge, the best outcome is when the option is in the money or when it is out of the money? [Hint: Think in terms of insurance policy.]

5. With the option hedge, what is the minimum amount your firm will receive net of the cost of hedging?

6. Complete the following table on value profile of the 3 strategies.

Spot Rate (3 months Later)	Amount Received in 3 Months Time (in dollars)
	Strategy A	Strategy B	Strategy C	Strategy D
1.3000 $/
1.3200 $/
1.3400 $/
1.3800 $/
1.4000 $/

7. Plot the value profile of each of the hedging strategies and Strategy A on the same graph.
   1. Specify on the graph the range over which option hedging is preferred to the forward hedging
   2. Specify on the graph the range over which option hedging is preferred to the unhedged position.