Bid Rate is a rate at which the DEALER is willing to buy 1 pound and
Ask Rate is the rate at which the DEALER is willing to sell 1 pound
Therefore, If we are buying pound or selling other currency, ask rate will be used and
If we are selling pound or buying other currency, bid rate will be used.
Accordingly, all calculations are done in below table:
STQ4: [Foreign Exchange Trading You are given the following information about currency rates for pound sterling...
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The following table shows the different exchange rates for British Pound Sterling quoted on the London market today: Currency Buy Sell United States Dollar 1.8101 1.8113 Euro 1.4366 1.4380 Japanese Yen 192.802 194.347 How much Sterling would you get today for the following transactions: (a) Receiving $100,000 (b) Paying 40,000,000 yen. (c) Paying €250,000. (d) Receiving €40,000. (e) Paying $600,000.
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ohn is a exchange banker in San Francisco. He is faced with the following market rates: Spot exchange rate: swiss F 0.9525/$. In other words, 1 US dollar = 0.9525 Swiss f 6 month US dollar interest rate = 0.80% per annum 6 month Swiss franc interest rate = 0.15% per annum 6 month forward exchange rate: = Sfr 0.9445/$ The maximum amount he can borrow and/or invest is $10,000,000 or its equivalent in Swiss francs. a) Is there a...
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Use the following table to complete assignment Suppose that on March 1 of the current year, the peso-US$ exchange rate was P5/$. On March 31 of the current year, the exchange rate stood at P8/$. Calculate the 1-month percent change in the value of the Mexican peso (= P). Calculate the spot Korean won-Japanese yen exchange rate in W/¥. (Korean won = W; Japanese yen = ¥) Calculate the spot Taiwanese dollar-euro exchange rate in T$/€. (Taiwanese dollar = T$;...
Module 9 – Foreign Exchange Rate Risk Homework Exercise Part 1 1. Suppose that the EUR:USD is trading at 1.3342; the GBP:JPY is trading at 67.7600; and the EUR:GBP is trading at 0.8165. What should the USD:JPY rate be? 2. If a price index for US goods stands at 118.93 and the same price index for European goods (i.e., computed from the same consumption basket) stands at 183.34; what is the fair (under the theory of PPP) spot exchange rate...
<p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: "Aspira Webfont", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-numeric: inherit !important; font-variant-east-asian: inherit !important; font-stretch: inherit !important; line-height: inherit !important;">Suppose today's exchange rate is $1.480/€. The three-month interest rates on dollars and euros are 4% per annum and 3% per annum, respectively. The three-month forward rate is $1.475/€. A foreign exchange advisory service has predicted that the euro will appreciate to $1.495/€ within three months.</p><p...