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Question 2 (6 marks)
ritish pound call option with @ strike price of $130
ent date. Nabil pays # premium of $.01 Per ‘mit for the call option. A
efore the expiration date, the spot rate of the British
and then immediately sells the
cises the call option
fit or loss, first compute his reve?
Nabil is 4 speculator who buys 4 Bi
December settlem'
there are no prokerage fees. Just be
Nabil exe!
reaches $1.60. At
at the spot rate to ermine Nabil’s pro’
from this amo
ion. The
selling the currency: Then, subtrac
shase price of the opto
this time,
a bank. To det
tract the pure’
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specifies 100,000 units.
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& Debit or- ron Yemeni balance of payment v7 fon ents,
@. ‘001665 S/YR
3. Assume the spot rate of the British pound is 59 US. Te expected spot tate OnE:
fos noel Spot ed to be 1.90 £18. What percentage sappresation OF See sanon SO
a. 21% depreciated
b. 21% appreciated
cc. 0.21 depreciated
4, Both aand care correct
4, The US. Treasury sends a0 jnterest payment 0 a German insurance company that
purchased US. "Teeagury bonds 1 Year ABN, SO TE Trensacgons ont) S. cas How POSTON
and entry on U.S. palance- of-payments ‘ACCOUMN Be
‘a. USS. cash outflow and debit
b. USS. cash outflow and credit
c. US. cash inflow and credit
4. US. cash jnflow and debit
5, Assume that the United States and she United Kingdom tate eqhenstvdy With 2d thet.
Now assume that the United States experiences ad percent anlaonrate, vets
United Kingdom experiences a5 percent inflation tate “Vnder these costars, PRE.
theory suggests that the British: pound should.
a. Appreciate by approximately 3 percent
b. Deppreciate by approx ately 3 percent
c. Appreciate by approximately 5 percent
4, Appreciate by approximately § percentee in the
is 8 percent
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