Imagine visiting overseas, where you win the local lottery and can buy any foreign car you wish and will pay full retail price using the local currency, payable in three months. You have determined...

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Imagine visiting overseas, where you win the local lottery and can buy any foreign car you wish and will pay full retail price using the local currency, payable in three months. You have determined that you have enough cash at your bank in New York City, which pays 0.35 percent interest per month, compounding monthly, to pay for the car. There are two ways to pay for your car:


• Keep the funds at your bank in the United States and buy a forward contract to pay for the car.


• Buy a certain currency amount spot today and invest the amount in the foreign bank for three months so that the maturity value becomes equal to the price of the car.


Analyze the two alternatives presented and make a recommendation on purchasing the car. How could this purchase opportunity be considered arbitrage? Be sure to provide calculations for your recommendation showing the best alternative. What are the advantages of the alternative that you have selected? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.
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Answer To: Imagine visiting overseas, where you win the local lottery and can buy any foreign car you wish and...

Sumit answered on Sep 25 2021
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An Arbitrage Opportunity exists when there is a difference between the Interest being offered
by t
he bank and the rate of premium (Forward Rate – Spot Rate). Since there is a difference
between the rate offered by the bank and the rate of premium, hence this purchase
opportunity can be considered as the arbitrage...
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