Loose-Leaf Essentials of Investments
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259604966
Author: Kane, Alex, Marcus Professor, Alan J., Bodie Professor, Zvi
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 17, Problem 6CP
Joan Tam, CFA, believes she has identified an arbitrage opportunity for a commodity as indicated by the information given in the following exhibit:
| Commodity Price and Interest Rate Information | |
| Spot price for commodity |
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| Futures price for commodity expiring in one year |
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| Interest rate for one year |
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a. Describe the transactions necessary to take advantage of this specific arbitrage opportunity.
b. Calculate the arbitrage profit.
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Consider the following money market information being quoted:
Which of the following statements is true?
Particulars
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6.100%
10.550%
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THB5.9037/GBP
C.
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6.125%
10.625%
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THB5.9961/GBP
a. There is an arbitrage which can only be made by initially borrowing GBP and then investing
in THB.
b. More than one of the options in this question are correct.
The THB is selling at a premium to the GBP in the future.
O d. There is an arbitrage which can only be made by initially borrowing THB and then investing
in GBP.
You are given the following data on gold markets. What is the level of arbitrage profits that can earned?
• Current spot price of gold = $1,275
• Futures price for a 1-year contract = $1,300
• 1-year risk free interest rate = 3%
• Assume that there are no carrying costs or yield on buying/selling gold.
The spot price of silver is $13.32/oz. The total interest rate on 3-month loan and deposit is .33%.
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Loose-Leaf Essentials of Investments
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