Which of hedging alternatives would you recommend

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American Airlines has just signed a contract to purchase an A340-600 aircraft from Airbus for 250,000,000 euros. The payment is due six months later. As the Lead Risk Analyst of American Airlines, you are considering how best to hedge the exchange rate risk arising from the purchase, and need to make a recommendation to the Treasurer based on your analysis. You have gathered the following information:

The spot exchange rate is $1.2000/€

The six month forward rate is $1.1950/€

The cost of capital of American Airlines is 12% per annum.

The premium on a six-month call option on the euro with strike price $1.2000 is 2%.

You are trying to help decide between the following two alternatives:

Hedging with a forward contract...

Hedging using a call option on the euro...

a) Suppose that you strongly expect the euro to appreciate. In that case, which of the hedging alternatives would you recommend? Justify your recommendation. (No calculations are necessary.)

b) Suppose that you strongly expect the euro to depreciate. In that case, which of the hedging alternatives would you recommend? Justify your recommendation (No calculations are necessary.)

c) Suppose that you expect the euro to depreciate. By how much does the euro need to depreciate in order to make the call option a better alternative than the forward contract? In other words, how low does the euro have to go in value to make total cash outflow under the call option be less than that under the forward contract? Support your answer with calculations.

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