Rollins FIN 501 - Benjamin Brown is a speculator
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Updated on: 02/25/2017 08:03 AM Due on: 02/25/2017
Benjamin Brown is a speculator. He is looking at the following currency market available to him for the Swedish krona:
Present spot rate $0.5010
90-day forward rate 0.5220
Your expectations of the spot rate in 90 days 0.5503
What is the forward annualized premium or discount on the forward Swedish krona?
Calculate Benjamin’s dollar profit or loss from investing $6,000 in the spot market, if his expectation of the future spot rate proves correct?
Calculate Benjamin’s profit or loss from investing $6,000 in the forward market, if his expectation of the future spot rate proves correct?
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Solution: Rollins FIN 501 - Benjamin Brown is a speculator