Reference no: EM132208066
Question - Suppose it is Thursday, September 16, and origin, an import of Swiss watches to united state has an account payable of CHF 50,000 due on Wednesday, December 15.
Spot rate: $0.7142/CHF,
90 day forward rate $0.7144/CHF,
US Dollar 90 day interest rate: 3.75%,
Swiss Franc (CHF) 90 day interest rate: 5.33%
Options data for December contract, $/CHF
Strike 0.72, Premium call 0.0155, premium put 0.240
Required:
i) Determine the total cost in dollars of hedging payable using forward contract.
ii) Determine the maximum cost of hedging with an option contract
iii) On axes representing future exchange rate (x-axis) and total cost (y-axis) show the graph representing the following strategies adopted by origin
a) A do nothing strategy
b) Forward contract hedge strategy
c) An option contract hedge strategy.