a)
To find: Whether there is an arbitrage opportunity and if so how can it be exploited.
Introduction:
The price of a country’s currency in terms of another nation’s currency is called exchange rate. The rate of exchange can be either floating or fixed. The two components of the exchange rates are the foreign currency and the domestic currency. The practice of taking advantage of a price that varies between two or more countries is an arbitrage.
b)
To find: The six-month forward rate to prevent arbitrage.
Introduction:
The price of a country’s currency in terms of another nation’s currency is called exchange rate. The rate of exchange can be either floating or fixed. The two components of the exchange rates are the foreign currency and the domestic currency. The practice of taking advantage of a price that varies between two or more countries is an arbitrage.
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