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    2 multiple choice questions on International Finance: Options, Parity conditions

    1. A call option exists on British pounds with an exercise price of $1.60, a 90-day expiration date, and a premium of $.03 per unit. A put option exists on British pounds with an exercise price of $1.60, a 90-day expiration date, and a premium of $.02 per unit. You plan to purchase options to cover your future receivables of 700

    Multiple choice questions in International Finance: Parity conditions

    1) If the forward rate was expected to be an unbiased estimate of the future spot rate, and interest rate parity holds, then: a) covered interest arbitrage is feasible. b) the international Fisher effect (IFE) is supported. c) the international Fisher effect (IFE) is refuted. d) the average absolute error from fore

    Financial statements - Prep test for Accounting

    1. The requirement that only transaction data capable of being expressed in terms of money be included in the accounting records relates to the a. cost principle. b. monetary unit assumption. c. economic entity assumption. d. both a and b above. 2. A financial statement that reports accounting data at a specific d

    Physical Movement Company: Global Management in Practice

    Scenario: You have achieved great success at Physical Movement Company (PM Co.) as their Sales Manager. PM Company is a three year old, US$25 million home healthcare company, headquartered in the northeastern part of the United States. The firm creates and sells wheelchairs, walkers or other types of "mobility products" that

    Working Capital Management in Health Care

    Working Capital Management in Health Care Paper: Summarize at least three articles on working capital management. Cite a minimum of three primary source references with publication dates less than 18 months old.

    International Finance and Transactional Exposure.

    Can someone help me out with two questions that I am struggling with comprehending. Can you provide in layman's term: 1) How does hedging help in limiting a company's transactional exposure? 2) How does a currency swap help in limiting transactional exposure?

    Change in Shareholder's Equity

    Using the GM annual report can you explain change in equity for the most recent year. (using the statement of shareholder's equity) http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=GM&annual

    INTERNATIONAL FINANCE

    SUPPOSE ONE OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING DIRECT SPOT QUOTATIONS IN NEW YORK AND LONDON,RESPECTIVELY:1.2500-60 AND .8000-50.WHAT IS ARBITRAGE PROFITS PER 1MILLION EQUAL?

    Implied forward premium or discount

    The current five-year Euroyen rate is 6% per annum (compounded annually), the five-year Eurodollar rate is 8.5%. What is the implied forward premium or discount of yen (over the current spot rate) for five year period contract.

    INTERNATIONAL FINANCE

    SUPPOSE THE SPOT RATE FOR THE POUND,MARK,AND SWISS FRANC ARE $1.30;$.35;AND$.40,RESPECTIVELY.THE ASSOCIATED 90-DAY INTEREST RATES(ANNUALIZED)ARE 16%;8%AND 4%WHILE THE US.90-DAY INTEREST RATE(ANNUALIZED)IS 12%.WHAT IS THE 90-DAY RATE ON AN ACU(ACU1=1POUND+1DM+1SFR)IF INTEREST PARITY HOLDS?

    INTERNATIONAL FINANCE: Purchasing Power Parity

    If US prices are expected to rise by 3% over the coming year and prices in France are expected to rise by 7 % during the same time, what is the expected spot rate in one year of the French franc given that the current spot exchange rate US $0.168.

    Starbucks Financial Ratio Analysis

    Calculate three ratios for Star Bucks Corporation for the years 2001, 2002, and 2003. The ratios are: Debt Ratio Long-Term Debt Ratio Cash Coverage Ratio What are the trends and identify strengths and weaknesses for each ratio. Additionally. Discuss other factors beyond the ratios that need to be considered

    Forecasting spot exchange rate

    The interest rate on South Korean government securities with one-year maturity is 4 percent, and the expected inflation rate for the coming year is 2 percent. The interest rate on U.S. government securities with one-year maturity is 7 percent, and the expected rate of inflation is 5 percent. The current spot exchange rate for

    Strategic Performance Measurement

    Hello, Could someone hellp me with the questions for this case study (See attached). Thanks for the help. Here are the questions: 1. Should Johnson's six divisions be treated as profit SBUs or some other type of strategic performance measurement system? Explain. 2. Comment on the firm's decision not to trace currency gains a

    Historical Volatility

    Historical volatility. Using the below (attached in Excel) data set for EUR/USD and SFR/USD exchange rates, a. Calculate the historical daily volatilities for the two exchange rates. b. Calculate the historical annual volatilities for the two exchange rates. c. What is the correlation between movements in the two exchang

    Currency Swaps: Terms of Spread

    In the cash market, an American Bank (A) can issue either yen 1 billion worth of bonds yielding 5.3% p.a. and priced at par or $10 million worth of bonds yielding 6.5% p.a. and priced at par. At the same time, a Japanese bank (B) can either issue yen 1 billion worth of bonds yielding 5.5% p.a. and priced at par of $10 million

    Currency calculations: converting pounds into rubles

    If i had exchanged £20,000 into rubles in January and converted back into pounds in November, paying 2.5% commission for each transaction, how much would I have in pounds, to the nearest penny? January exchange rate (rubles per pound) = 44.3623 November exchange rate (rubles per pound) = 49.7023