Statoil, the national company in Norway, is a large, sophisticated, and active participant in both the currency and petrochemical markets. Although it is a Norwegian company, because it operates within the global oil market, it considers the U.S. dollar($), rather than the Norwegian krone(Nok), as its functional currency.Ari Karlsen is a currency trading strategist for Statoil. Answer the following question: 1A) Statoil sold 1 million barrels of crude oil to the Norwegian petrol station chain,Circle K,todayfor 120 Nok per barrel (Nok denotes the Norwegian Krone). Statoil expects to receive the full payments from Circle K in 3 months’ time when the crude oil is delivered to Circle K’s facilities in Norway. Statoil is informed that Circle K will pay for the oil in Norwegian Krone. Ari is asked by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) about the strategy to reduce the uncertainty around the expected payment from Circle K. Ariis faced with the following market rates: Spot exchange Rate Nok6.0312/$ 3-month forward rate Nok 6.0186/$ U.S. dollar 3-month interest rate 5% Norwegian Krone 3-month interest rate 4.45% Required for Part A Based on the above information, what hedging strategy should Ari advise the CFO that works the best for Statoil? Explain why Ari should choose such hedging strategy. How much U.S.dollar will Statoil receive at the end of 3 months by using this hedging strategy? b)In a daily meeting, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) gave Ari the following table of market rate Spot exchange rate: Yen 106/$ U.S. dollar interest rateper annum 10% Japanese Yen interest rateper annum 6%and told Ari that the company’s financial analyst expected the Japanese Yen to depreciate against the U.S. dollar by 3.46%in 90 days.Assume there are 360 days in a year, and all interest rates are simple interest rates.If the financial analyst’s prediction about the US dollar and Japanese Yen turned out to be true: Required for part B b.1) What would the spot exchange rate (Yen/$) be in 90 days? b.2) Would Ari make a profit by borrowing 1 million US dollar and investing in the money markets? If yes, how much profit would Ari realize in 90 days? If no, explain why.
Statoil, the national company in Norway, is a large, sophisticated, and active participant in both the currency and petrochemical markets. Although it is a Norwegian company, because it operates within the global oil market, it considers the U.S. dollar($), rather than the Norwegian krone(Nok), as its functional currency.Ari Karlsen is a currency trading strategist for Statoil. Answer the following question: 1A) Statoil sold 1 million barrels of crude oil to the Norwegian petrol station chain,Circle K,todayfor 120 Nok per barrel (Nok denotes the Norwegian Krone). Statoil expects to receive the full payments from Circle K in 3 months’ time when the crude oil is delivered to Circle K’s facilities in Norway. Statoil is informed that Circle K will pay for the oil in Norwegian Krone. Ari is asked by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) about the strategy to reduce the uncertainty around the expected payment from Circle K. Ariis faced with the following market rates: Spot exchange Rate Nok6.0312/$ 3-month forward rate Nok 6.0186/$ U.S. dollar 3-month interest rate 5% Norwegian Krone 3-month interest rate 4.45% Required for Part A Based on the above information, what hedging strategy should Ari advise the CFO that works the best for Statoil? Explain why Ari should choose such hedging strategy. How much U.S.dollar will Statoil receive at the end of 3 months by using this hedging strategy? b)In a daily meeting, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) gave Ari the following table of market rate Spot exchange rate: Yen 106/$ U.S. dollar interest rateper annum 10% Japanese Yen interest rateper annum 6%and told Ari that the company’s financial analyst expected the Japanese Yen to depreciate against the U.S. dollar by 3.46%in 90 days.Assume there are 360 days in a year, and all interest rates are simple interest rates.If the financial analyst’s prediction about the US dollar and Japanese Yen turned out to be true: Required for part B b.1) What would the spot exchange rate (Yen/$) be in 90 days? b.2) Would Ari make a profit by borrowing 1 million US dollar and investing in the money markets? If yes, how much profit would Ari realize in 90 days? If no, explain why.
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Statoil, the national company in Norway, is a large, sophisticated, and active participant in both the currency and petrochemical markets. Although it is a Norwegian company, because it operates within the global oil market, it considers the U.S. dollar($), rather than the Norwegian krone(Nok), as its functional currency.Ari Karlsen is a currency trading strategist for Statoil. Answer the following question:
1A) Statoil sold 1 million barrels of crude oil to the Norwegian petrol station chain,Circle K,todayfor 120 Nok per barrel (Nok denotes the Norwegian Krone). Statoil expects to receive the full payments from Circle K in 3 months’ time when the crude oil is delivered to Circle K’s facilities in Norway. Statoil is informed that Circle K will pay for the oil in Norwegian Krone. Ari is asked by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) about the strategy to reduce the uncertainty around the expected payment from Circle K. Ariis faced with the following market rates:
Spot exchange Rate | Nok6.0312/$ |
3-month forward rate | Nok 6.0186/$ |
U.S. dollar 3-month interest rate | 5% |
Norwegian Krone 3-month interest rate | 4.45% |
Required for Part A
Based on the above information, what hedging strategy should Ari advise the CFO that works the best for Statoil? Explain why Ari should choose such hedging strategy. How much U.S.dollar will Statoil receive at the end of 3 months by using this hedging strategy?
b)In a daily meeting, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) gave Ari the following table of market rate
and told Ari that the company’s financial analyst expected the Japanese Yen to depreciate against the U.S. dollar by 3.46%in 90 days.Assume there are 360 days in a year, and all interest rates are simple interest rates.If the financial analyst’s prediction about the US dollar and Japanese Yen turned out to be true:
Spot exchange rate: | Yen 106/$ |
U.S. dollar interest rateper annum | 10% |
Japanese Yen interest rateper annum | 6% |
Required for part B
b.1) What would the spot exchange rate (Yen/$) be in 90 days?
b.2) Would Ari make a profit by borrowing 1 million US dollar and investing in the money markets ? If yes, how much profit would Ari realize in 90 days? If no, explain why.
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