To strengthen the U.S. dollar, the Fed should ________________________. A strong U.S. dollar tends to _________________ the U.S. economy.

An MNC is exposed to the Taiwan dollar (TWD) and the Egyptian pound (EGP); 60 percent of the MNC’s funds are Taiwan dollars and 40 percent are pounds. The standard deviation of exchange movements is 6 percent for Taiwan dollars and 8 percent for pounds. The correlation coefficient between movements in the value of the Taiwan dollar and the pound is 0.45. Based on this information, the standard deviation of this two-currency portfolio is approximately:

Assume the following information:You have $360,000 to invest:Current spot rate of pound=$1.5590-day forward rate of pound=$1.533-month deposit rate in United States=2.2%3-month deposit rate in Great Britain=5.1%If you use covered interest arbitrage for a 90-day investment, what will be the amount of U.S. dollars you will have after 90 days?

Patrick Bank quotes the following for the British pound and the New Zealand dollar:   Quoted Bid Price Quoted Ask Price Value of a British pound (£) in $ $1.31 $1.32 Value of a New Zealand dollar (NZ$) in $ $0.61 $0.62 Value of a British pound in     New Zealand dollars NZ$2.24 NZ$2.25 Compute the cross rate of British pounds in New Zealand dollars. The British pound currently buys _______________ New Zealand dollars in the open market. To exploit this mispricing, an investor would need to _____________________.

Assume U.S. and Swiss investors require a real rate of return of 1 percent. Assume the nominal U.S. interest rate is 4 percent and the nominal Swiss rate is 7 percent. According to the international Fisher effect, the franc will ____ by about ____.

Assume the following information:You have $880,000 to invest:Current spot rate of pound=$1.6590-day forward rate of pound=$1.633-month deposit rate in United States=4.8%3-month deposit rate in Great Britain=7.6%If you use covered interest arbitrage for a 90-day investment, what will be the amount of U.S. dollars you will have after 90 days?

Patrick Bank quotes the following for the British pound and the New Zealand dollar:   Quoted Bid Price Quoted Ask Price Value of a British pound (£) in $ $1.34 $1.35 Value of a New Zealand dollar (NZ$) in $ $0.69 $0.70 Value of a British pound in     New Zealand dollars NZ$2.05 NZ$2.06 Compute the cross rate of British pounds in New Zealand dollars. The British pound currently buys _______________ New Zealand dollars in the open market. To exploit this mispricing, an investor would need to _____________________.

National Bank quotes the following for the British pound and the New Zealand dollar: Quoted Bid PriceQuoted Ask PriceValue of a British pound (£) in $$1.51$1.52Value of a New Zealand dollar (NZ$) in $$0.53$0.54Value of a British pound in  New Zealand dollarsNZ$2.74NZ$2.75Assume you have $52,800 to conduct triangular arbitrage. What is your profit from implementing this strategy?

Patrick Bank quotes the following for the British pound and the New Zealand dollar: Quoted Bid PriceQuoted Ask PriceValue of a British pound (£) in $$1.29$1.30Value of a New Zealand dollar (NZ$) in $$0.67$0.68Value of a British pound in  New Zealand dollarsNZ$1.85NZ$1.86Compute the cross rate of British pounds in New Zealand dollars. In this case, the British pound is currently ____________ with respect to the New Zealand dollar. Assuming an investor does not have British pounds or New Zealand dollars, the first thing the investor would need to do to execute triangular arbitrage in this situation is ________________.

Assume the bid rate of a New Zealand dollar is $0.50 while the ask rate is $0.505 at Bank X. Assume the bid rate of the New Zealand dollar is $0.48 while the ask rate is $0.485 at Bank Y. Given this information, what would be your gain if you use $690,000 and execute locational arbitrage? That is, how much will you end up with over and above the $690,000 you started with?