The firm you work for is Multinational Widget Inc. You are involved in a fixed-for-fixed currency swap between ¥ and $US. The swap has 5 years left to maturity and a principal of $1 million US or ¥100 million. In the swap, you make annual payments of $80,000 to the bank (and also pay the principal at maturity) and you receive annual payments of ¥10,000,000 per year (and also receive the principal at maturity). Assume that when this swap was set up, it was "at market", meaning that the net value to you was zero. If the current spot rate is 90 ¥/$US, the current interest rate for ¥ is 12% and the current interest rate for $US is 10%, what is the value of your swap position?     $4,035.50 US   $5,565.250 US   $80,345.50 US   $90,67.50 US   None of these

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The firm you work for is Multinational Widget Inc. You are involved in a fixed-for-fixed currency swap between ¥ and $US. The swap has 5 years left to maturity and a principal of $1 million US or ¥100 million. In the swap, you make annual payments of $80,000 to the bank (and also pay the principal at maturity) and you receive annual payments of ¥10,000,000 per year (and also receive the principal at maturity). Assume that when this swap was set up, it was "at market", meaning that the net value to you was zero. If the current spot rate is 90 ¥/$US, the current interest rate for ¥ is 12% and the current interest rate for $US is 10%, what is the value of your swap position?

 

 

$4,035.50 US

 

$5,565.250 US

 

$80,345.50 US

 

$90,67.50 US

 

None of these

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