International-Financial-Management---Bekaert-2e---Solutions---Ch07.doc
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Chapter7:
SpeculationandRiskintheForeignExchangeMarket
Chapter 7
SpeculationandRiskintheForeignExchangeMarket
QUESTIONS
1.Whataretwowaystospeculateinthecurrencymarketswithoutinvestinganymoneyupfront?
Answer:
Tobelongintheforeigncurrency,onecanborrowdomesticcurrency,converttoforeigncurrencyinthespotforeignexchangemarket,andinvestintheforeignmoneymarketwhileleavingthetransactionexchangeriskunhedged.Thealternativewayistoenterintoaforwardcontracttobuytheforeigncurrencyforward.Tobeshortintheforeigncurrency,onecanborrowforeigncurrency,converttodomesticcurrencyinthespotforeignexchangemarket,andinvestinthedomesticmoneymarketwhileleavingthetransactionexchangeriskunhedged.Thealternativewayistoenterintoaforwardcontracttoselltheforeigncurrencyforward.
2.Whatdofinancialeconomistsmeanwhentheydiscusstheconditionalexpectationofthefuturespotexchangerate?
Answer:
Theconditionalexpectationofthefuturespotexchangerateistheprobabilityweightedaverageofthefuturepossibleexchangerates.Itisthemeanoftheconditionalprobabilitydistributionoffuturespotrates.
3.Whatisthemaindeterminantofthevariabilityofforwardmarketreturns?
Answer:
Themainandonlydeterminantofthevariabilityofforwardmarketreturnsisthevarianceofthefutureexchangerate.
4.Describehowyouconstructtheuncertainyen-denominatedreturnfrominvesting1yenintheSwissfrancmoneymarket.
Answer:
IfyouinvestyenintheSwissmoneymarket,youfirstmustconvertfromyenintoSwissfrancsinthespotforeignexchangemarket.WiththeSwissfrancsthatyouget,youinvestintheSwissmoneymarket,leavingtheinvestmentunhedged.Attheendoftheinvestmenthorizon,youconvertfromSwissfrancsbackintoyenatthefuturespotexchangerate.
5.Whatisahedgedforeigncurrencyinvestment?
WhathappensifyouhedgeyourreturninQuestion4?
Answer:
Ahedgedforeigncurrencyinvestmentsellstheknownforeigncurrencyreturnintheforwardmarketatthetimeoftheinvestment.Thiseliminatesexposuretoforeignexchangerisk,butitalsoelementspossiblegainsfromappreciationoftheforeigncurrency.Byinterestrateparity,weknowthatthedomesticcurrencyreturnfromthehedgedforeigncurrencyinvestmentisjustthedomesticcurrencymoneymarketreturn.
6.Whatdoesitmeanforthe90-dayforwardexchangeratetobeanunbiasedpredictorofthefuturespotexchangerate?
Answer:
Iftheforwardexchangeratefor90daysisanunbiasedpredictorofthefuturespotrate,theforwardrateisequaltotheexpectedfuturespotrate.Whiletherewillbeforecasterrorsthatmaybelarge,therewillnotbesystematicerrorsononesideortheother.Therefore,theexpectedforwardmarketreturniszero.
7.Whyisittruethatthehypothesisthattheforwardexchangerateisanunbiasedpredictorofthefuturespotexchangerateisequivalenttothehypothesisthattheforwardpremium(ordiscount)onaforeigncurrencyisanunbiasedpredictoroftherateofitsappreciation(ordepreciation)?
Answer:
Whentheforwardexchangerateisanunbiasedpredictorofthefuturespotexchangerate,weknowthattheforwardrateequalstheconditionalexpectationofthefuturespotrate.Forexample,atthe90daymaturity,wehave
Becausethecurrentspotrate,S(t),isintheinformationsetthatisusedtotaketheconditionalexpectation,wecandividebyitonbothsidesoftheaboveequation.Subtractingonefrombothsidesthengives
Thisequationstatesthattheforwardpremiumontheforeigncurrencyequalstheexpectedrateofappreciationoftheforeigncurrency.
8.Itisoftenclaimedthattheforwardexchangerateissetbyarbitragetosatisfy(covered)interestrateparity.Explainhowinterestrateparitycanbesatisfiedandhowtheforwardexchangeratecanbesetbyspeculatorsinreferencetotheexpectedfuturespotexchangerate.
Answer:
Interestrateparityisanoarbitragerelationbetween4variables,thespotandforwardexchangeratesandtheinterestratesonthetwocurrencies.Iftheforwardexchangerateissetbyspeculatorsinreferencetotheexpectedfuturespotexchangerate,thecurrentspotrateorthetwointerestratescanadjusttosatisfyinterestrateparity.Thespeculativedimensionoftradingmustalsobesatisfiedinequilibrium.
9.Itissometimesassertedthatinvestorswhohedgetheirforeigncurrencybondorstockreturnsremovetheforeignexchangeriskassociatedwiththeinvestment,reducethevolatilityoftheirdomesticcurrencyreturns,andthusgeta“freelunch”becausethemeanreturnindomesticcurrencyremainsthesameasthemeanreturnintheforeigncurrency.Isthistrueorfalse?
Why?
Answer:
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