Answer the following questions:

Chapter 9 question 1
1.)Motives for forecasting: Explain corporate motives for forecasting exchange rates.

Chapter 10 question 1
1.) Transaction versus economic exposure
Compare and contrast transaction exposure and economic exposure. Why would an MNC consider examining only its net cash flows in each currency when assessing its transaction exposure?

Chaper 7 Question 2
2.)Locational Artbitrage:assume the following information

                                                   Beal Bank Yardley Bank
Bid price of new Zealand dollar       $.401       $.398
Ask price of new Zealand Dollar    $.404       $.400

Given the information, is locational arbitrage possible?
If so, explain the steps involved in locational artbitrage,and compute the profit from this arbitrage if you had $ 1 million to use. What market forces would occur to elimate any further possibilities of locational arbitrage?

4.) Triangular Arbitrage Assume the following information

Value of Canadian dollar in U.S dollars       $.90
Value of New Zealand dollar in U.S dollars $.30
Value of Canadian dollar in New Zealand    NZ$3.02

Given this information, is triangular arbitrage possible? If so explain the steps that would reflect triangular arbitrage and compute the profit from the strategy if you had $ 1 million to use. What market forces would occur to elimate any further possibilities of triangular arbitrage?

Answer the following questions: Chapter 9 question 1 1.)Motive...