FINC 3377 - Assignment 4 (1)

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Student name:_Elizabeth Shumonov MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Yesterday, you entered into a futures contract to buy €62,500 at $1.50 per €. Suppose the futures price closes today at $1.46. How much have you made/lost? A) Depends on your margin balance. B) You have made $2,500.00. C) You have lost $2,500.00. D) You have neither made nor lost money, yet. 2) Yesterday, you entered into a futures contract to buy €62,500 at $1.50 per €. Your initial performance bond is $1,500 and your maintenance level is $500. At what settle price will you get a demand for additional funds to be posted? A) $1.516 per €. B) $1.208 per €. C) $1.192 per €. D) $1.484 per €. 3) Three days ago, you entered into a futures contract to sell €62,500 at $1.50 per €. Over the past three days the contract has settled at $1.50, $1.52, and $1.54. How much have you made or lost? A) Lost $0.04 per € or $2,500 B) Made $0.04 per € or $2,500 C) Lost $0.06 per € or $3,750 D) none of the options Version 1 1
4) Suppose that Boeing Corporation exported a Boeing 747 to Lufthansa and billed €10 million payable in one year. The money market interest rates and foreign exchange rates are given as follows: The U.S. one-year interest rate: 6.10% per annum The euro zone one-year interest rate: 9.00% per annum The spot exchange rate: $ 1.50/€ The one-year forward exchange rate $ 1.46/€ Assume that Boeing sells a currency forward contract of €10 million for delivery in one year, in exchange for a predetermined amount of U.S. dollars. Suppose that on the maturity date of the forward contract, the spot rate turns out to be $1.40/€ (i.e. less than the forward rate of $1.46/€). Which of the following is true? A) Boeing would have received $14.6 million, rather than $14.0 million, had it not entered into the forward contract. B) Boeing lost $0.6 million from forward hedging. C) Boeing would have received only $14.0 million, rather than $14.6 million, had it not entered into the forward contract. Additionally, Boeing gained $0.6 million from forward hedging. D) none of the options 5) Your firm has a British customer that is willing to place a $1 million order but wants to pay in pounds instead of dollars. The spot exchange rate is $1.85 = £1.00 and the one-year forward rate is $1.90 = £1.00. The lead time on the order is such that payment is due in one year. What is the fairest exchange rate to use? A) $1.850 = £1.00 B) $1.875 = £1.00 C) $1.900 = £1.00 D) none of the options 6) A firm's operating exposure is A) defined as the extent to which the firm's operating cash flows would be affected by the random changes in exchange rates, only. B) determined by the structure of the markets in which the firm sources its inputs, such as labor and materials, and sells its products, only. C) determined by the firm's ability to mitigate the effect of exchange rate changes by adjusting its markets, product mix, and sourcing, only. D) all of the options Version 1 2
SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. 7) Find the foreign currency gain or loss for this U.S. MNC translating the balance sheet and income statement of a French subsidiary, which keeps its books in euro, then is translated into U.S. dollars using the current/noncurrent method—the reporting currency of the U.S. MNC. The subsidiary is at the end of its first year of operation. The historical exchange rate is $1.60/€1.00 and the most recent exchange rate is $1.50/€. Local Currency Current/Non current Balance Sheet Cash € 2,100 $ 3,150 Inventory (current Value = €1,800) € 1,500 $ 2,250 Net fixed assets € 3,000 $ 4,800 Total Assets € 6,600 $ 10,200 Current liabilities € 1,200 $ 1,800 Long-term € 1,800 $ 2,880 Common stock € 2,700 $ 4,320 Retained earnings € 900 CTA Total L&E € 6,600 $ 10,200 Income Statement Sales Revenue € 10,000 $ 15,484 COGS € 7,500 $ 11,613 Depreciation € 1,000 $ 1,600 NOI € 1,500 $ 2,271 Tax(40%) € 600 $ 908 Profit after tax € 900 $ 1,363 Foreign Exchange gain (loss) Net income € 900 Dividends € 0 $ 0 Addition to Retained Earnings € 900 Version 1 3
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8) Calculate the cumulative translation adjustment for this U.S. MNC translating the balance sheet and income statement of a French subsidiary, which keeps its books in euro, but that is translated into U.S. dollars using the current rate method, the reporting currency of the U.S. MNC. The subsidiary is at the end of its first year of operation. The historical exchange rate is $1.60/€ and the most recent exchange rate is $1.50/€. Cumulative Translation adjustment = -$163 Local Currency Current Rate Balance Sheet Cash € 2,100 $ 3,150 Inventory (current Value = €1,800) € 1,500 $ 2,250 Net fixed assets € 3,000 $ 4,500 Total Assets € 6,600 $ 9,900 Current liabilities € 1,200 $ 1,800 Long-term debt € 1,800 $ 2,700 Common stock € 2,700 $ 4,320 Retained earnings € 900 $ 1,394 CTA Total L&E € 6,600 $ 9,900 Income Statement Sales Revenue € 10,000 $ 15,484 COGS € 7,500 $ 11,613 Depreciation € 1,000 $ 1,548 NOI € 1,500 $ 2,323 Tax(40%) € 600 $ 929 Profit after tax € 900 $ 1,394 Foreign Exchange gain (loss) Net income € 900 $ 1,394 Dividends € 0 $ 0 Addition to Retained Earnings € 900 $ 1,394 Version 1 4
9) Assume that the balance sheet and income statement of a French subsidiary, which keeps its books in euro, is translated into U.S. dollars, the reporting currency of the U.S. MNC. The table presents the balance sheet and income statement in euros. The subsidiary is at the end of its first year of operation. The historical exchange rate is $1.60/€1.00 and the most recent exchange rate is $2.00/€. Fill out the 20 missing entries that translate the balance sheet and income statement for this French subsidiary using the Current/Noncurrent Method, the Monetary/Nonmonetary Method, the Temporal Method, and the Current Rate Method. Local Currency Current/Non current Monetary/Non monetary Temporal Current Rate Balance Sheet 1 Cash 2,100 3,780 1,050 2 Inventory (current Value = €1,800) 1,500 2,700 3 Net fixed assets 3,000 4,800 4 Total Assets 6,600 11,280 5 Current liabilities 1,200 2,160 6 Long-term debt 1,800 2,880 7 Common stock 2,700 4,320 8 Retained earnings € 900 1,440 9 CTA 480 10 Total L&E €6,600 11,280 Income Statement 11 Sales Revenue 10,000 18,000 12 COGS 7,500 13,500 13 Depreciation 1,000 1,600 14 NOI 1,500 2,900 Version 1 5
15 Tax(40%) € 600 1,080 16 Profit after tax € 900 1,820 17 Foreign Exchange gain (loss) 480 18 Net income € 900 1,340 19 Dividends € 0 0 20 Addition to Retained Earnings € 900 1,340 Version 1 6
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