Let's suppose you have $1 million to invest.  You are considering to invest in UK first, then convert the British Pound back to US$ in the future. You know following information: Annual Interest rate on investment in US:  2%     Annual Interest rate on investment in UK: 4% Investment period: 1 year Current exchange rate: 1.48 $/BP Forward exchange rate which you can apply when converting BP to US$: 1.47 $/BP What would be profit if you apply the covered-interest arbitrage?        Group of answer choices None of the above About $48,382

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