3. You are to receive €400,000 in 90 days. a) Demonstrate how you would set up an options hedge. b) If the spot rate in 90 days is $1.10/€1.00. You receive the €400,000 and you exchange the euros into dollars. What is the net amount of dollars you receive and dollar/euro exchange rate for the €400,000?

3. You are to receive €400,000 in 90 days. a) Demonstrate how you would set up an options hedge. b) If the spot rate in 90 days is $1.10/€1.00. You receive the €400,000 and you exchange the euros into dollars. What is the net amount of dollars you receive and dollar/euro exchange rate for the €400,000?

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a) Suppose you see Citibank’s USD-denominated 5-year interest rate swap numbers quoted at 4.25% bid and 4.45% ask. Mary tells you that the relevant fixed-rate cash flow of the swap she just entered is 4.25%. Did Mary buy or sell the IRS she just entered? b) IF Mary (from a) is a speculator, is Mary betting on/forecasting a decline in interest rates or betting on/forecasting a rise in interest rates?
Explain in detail how a five year plain vanilla interest rate swap with a notional value of $1,000,000 and a price of 3% can be used: (Illustrate with diagrams) i) To speculate on changes in interest rates; ii) To s hedge against the risk of an increase in interest rates.
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Q2) Suppose the current one-year euro swap rate y0[0, 1] is 1.74%, and the two-yearand three-year swap rates are 2.24% and 2.55% respectively. Euro swap rates are quotedwith annual payments and 30/360 daycount (thus α = 1). A hedge fund(HF) executes the following two trades with a dealer:1(1) The HF pays fixed and receives floating on e100 million notional of a one-year swap atthe forward swap rate.(2) The HF receives fixed and pays floating on e100 million notional of a three-year swapat the forward swap rate.Assume bid-offer costs are negligible.a) After one year, what net cashflow has the dealer paid to (or received from) the HF?b) Suppose after one year, one-year and two-year euro swap rates are unchanged. What isthe current value of the remaining part of the HF trade?c) Suppose after one year, the one-year euro swap rate is unchanged but the two-year euroswap rate is now Y%. What value of Y gives a total zero profit on the trade (at T = 1)?d) Do you like the trades the HF…
Question 2 In 6-month from today, a U.S. based company will receive 2,000,000 Australian dollars (AUD) and the company wants to hedge the exchange rate risk. The expected AUD spot rate in 6-month will either appreciate by 5% (p.a) with 40% probability or depreciate by 10% (p.a.) with 60% probability. All rates are continuous compounding (please round your answers to 4 decimals in the exchange rate calculations). As the financial manager of the company, you look at Bloomberg and collect the following information: • U.S. interest rate: . . 4% p.a. 5% p.a. 1 AUD=0.63 USD Spot rate: Call option premium 0.03 USD, with exercise exchange rate 1 AUD-0.65 USD and 6-month maturity Put option premium 0.02 USD, with exercise exchange rate 1 AUD-0.64 USD and 6-month maturity Australian interest rate: 1) Calculate the 6-month forward exchange rate, describe how a forward agreement can be used to hedge the receivable money, and calculate the resulting amount of USD in 6 months.

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