5. If the 1-year term deposit interest rate in the US is 2% higher than the rate offered in Europe, on Euro deposits, and you expect the Dollar to neither depreciate nor appreciate against the Euro, what sequence of trades would allow a risk-neutral investor to take advantage of these circumstances? What is the expected return of this strategy? Which steps in this strategy are risky? If the Dollar turns out to appreciate by 5% against the Euro, after all, will the investor gain or lose? How much?

5. If the 1-year term deposit interest rate in the US is 2% higher than the rate offered in Europe, on Euro deposits, and you expect the Dollar to neither depreciate nor appreciate against the Euro, what sequence of trades would allow a risk-neutral investor to take advantage of these circumstances? What is the expected return of this strategy? Which steps in this strategy are risky? If the Dollar turns out to appreciate by 5% against the Euro, after all, will the investor gain or lose? How much?

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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