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ProfessorRobinLumsdaine
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Todays overview
Course Logistics
Introduction
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Course Logistics Description
Textbook and other useful references
Requirements and assessments
Teaching philosophy Schedule

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Course Description Introduction to global capital markets and
financial management Challenging but useful
Prerequisites:o FIN-365o Upper division standing
o Quantitative comfort and facility
Academic Integrity Code Bloomberg

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Textbook and other useful references Main textbook: Geert Bekaert and Robert J. Hodrick, International
Financial Management, Prentice Hall, (2011 2nd edition)
Background references:o Alan C. Shapiro, Multinational Financial Management, 9th ed., Wiley,
2008
Other books that might be of interest (but are neither required norsupported in this class):o Bruno Solnik and Dennis McLeavey, International Investments, 5th ed.,
Addison Wesley, 2004o Richard M. Levich, International Financial Markets: Prices and
Policies, 2nd
ed., McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2001o Piet Surcu , Theory into Practice, Princeton University Press, 2009
Course readings: please do the readings in advance!

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Requirements and Assessments Course grade
Weekly homework: 5% Currency project: 35%, comprised of
(a) Participation in class and on blackboard (10%),
(b) Risk management spreadsheet and Bloomberg use(10%)
(c) Group write-up, consisting of a group executivesummary (5%) and individual write-ups of eachcurrency (5%, for the part related to your currency),
(d) Group presentation and handout (5%)
Midterm (25%) and Final exam (35%)
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Office hours and other appointments KSB T-43
Mondays 4:00-5:30pm Tuesdays 4:30-6:00pm By appointment
Bloomberg office hours (in Kogod mini-lab):Wednesdays, 8-9pm, January 20, 27, andFebruary 3, 10, and 17
Important note: No office hours on Monday,March 14

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Important dates Last day to drop course without penalty: Monday, January 25
Early warning deadline: Monday, February 15
Midterm: Wednesday, February 24, 8:55-11:35am
Last day to drop course at all: Friday, March 4
Last day to trade for the currency project: Friday, April 15 Currency write-ups and spreadsheets due: NO LATER THAN
8:55am, Wednesday, April 20
Currency project presentations: Wednesday, April 20
Final examination: Wednesday,April 27, 8:55-11:35am(locationto be confirmed)

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Currency Project Overview You are a manager in the corporate Treasury department of a dollar-
based multinational (i.e., you need to primarily focus on exchange raterelative to dollar).
You are responsible for actively managing the currency risk related toone of the firms subsidiaries in a foreign country.
The other members in your group are your colleagues, responsible forother currencies (other subsidiaries)
Your initial position is the equivalent of $100,000 cash in yourparticular foreign currency
Keep daily running profit/loss tally (your P&L)
Put into practice what we learn in class
Individual and group components
Minimum requirements: monitor daily, trade and post at least weekly

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Currency project instructions (1)Your group should keep a blog on Blackboard in which together you moni tor yourrespective currencies and trades and help each other, that includes (but is not limi ted to)the following:
1. Details of every trade you make, along with running profit/loss totals. What other tradeswere you considering and how would they have done if you had decided to implementthem instead?
2. How are your forecasts and trades doing (e.g., are you on target to reach your forecastsor have you already reached them, have the currencies moved against you, what do you
need to monitor). Are you happy with your trades and do you want to change them (and ifso, how). Provide justification for either choice
3. As we progress in class, you will learn about more complex ways to express your view(i.e., trades you can do to capitalize on whether you think your currency is going toappreciate or depreciate, and ways to hedge to protect your exposure if you are wrong)
4. What has happened in your country or the world that may have affected your currency(e.g,. Economic or political news, large changes in interest rates
5. Remember to keep track of sources and Bloomberg screen shots this will help you withthe end-of-semester write-up.

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Currency project instructions (2)1. Currency assignment: Assume you have $100,000 worth of your foreign
currency (exact assignments and levels will be posted on Blackboard aftertodays class). This is a 100% long position.
2. Forecast: Your starting day is Wednesday, January 13 (today) -- write down thestarting level of your currency (this will also be posted on Blackboard). Next,provide (via email to me, due no later than 5pm Friday, January 15)) an exactnumerical level that you expect your currency to be at on Friday, April 15, andindicate whether your forecast is an appreciation or depreciation relative to yourstarting point, as well as the percentage change that forecast represents (e.g.,EUR will depreciate from 1.33$/ to1.28 $/, a 3.9% depreciation). Note: DONOT choose stay the same.
3. Initial trade direction: if your forecast suggests your currency will appreciate, youwant to have more of your currency than the dollar; otherwise, you will want tohave less. This should form the basis for your first trade. Given your firms
business needs, it is unlikely you will want to be 100% long or 100% short at anytime.
4. Describe in your blog what (e.g., specific economic or political events) you planto monitor to assess your currency and how you will evaluate your trade (e.g.,when will you decide to take a profit or cut your losses?).

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Additional Currency Project Information Group Responsibilities
o Get started now!o
Bounce ideas off of colleagues/help each othero Plan strategies to try a variety of things and maximize learningo Set up a group spreadsheet to monitor your portfolio (that is, the aggregate of your
currencies and trades)o Participate in discussion on blackboardo Contribute to and log trades in group blogo Work together but make individual trade decisions
Individual Responsibilitieso Get started now!o Set up your individual spreadsheeto Form forecasts and trading rules for your currencyo
Monitor and manage your specific currencyo Understand risks, key events affecting your currencyo Periodically update class on your activities

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Things to consider about your currency
How volatile is it?
How might historical performance informyour views? How might things be different
now? What are some of the macro events thatcould affect your currency?
What are some of the global currency(e.g., dollar) considerations

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Risk management basics Taking risk is not badfailure to manage risk
is Common pitfalls:
Poor decision-making, not enough thought
upfront Overconfidence
Lack of appropriate controls/governance
Failure to balance upside/downside Excessive reliance on past performance/failure torecognize and react to changing environment

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Questions?

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Getting acquainted about me
Mathematics Economics
Econometrics
Time Series Econometrics
Volatility Modeling Retirement Modeling
Economics of Aging
FinanceForecastingBanking
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My research
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Introductionto
Foreign
Exchange
MarketsandRisks
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Introduction to International Finance
1. Globalization
Connectivity Integration
2. Multinational Corporations
Growth of international trade Efforts to promote free trade
Cross-border production, labor mobility (e.g.,outsourcing, offshoring)
Financial markets3. Privatization

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Trade and Financial Openness
Copyright2009PearsonEducation,Inc. PublishingasPrenticeHall
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Exhibit 1.1: Trade as percentage of GDP

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Financial Openness A country is financially open if:
Note: financial openness appears to lagbehind trade openness
Openness does not necessarily mean largetrade flows
Deregulation also resulted in financial
innovation Derivatives Securitizations

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Multinational Corporations How MNCs enter foreign markets
Goals of an MNC may differ in differentmarkets (e.g., shareholder maximization,stakeholder interests)
Agency Theory and Corporate Governance

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Why does foreign exchange matter?

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What causes a currency crisis? Speculative attack
Large devaluation
Move to a floating system Economic upheaval
Reasons why a speculative attack may occur Government policies inconsistent with peg Reserves become so low that central bank has to abandon the peg
Devaluations are predictable Growing budget deficits Rapid money growth Rising wages/prices Inflation => rapid appreciation of local currency in real terms
Current account deficit Self-fulfilling expectations Contagion

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What does a currency crisis look like?

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Foreign Exchange1. The Foreign Exchange Market
2. Quoting Foreign Exchange Rates3. No Arbitrage Relationships
4. Bid-Ask Spreads
5. Appreciations and Depreciations6. Foreign Exchange Risk
7. Forward Contracts
8. Forward Premiums and Discounts9. Hedging Foreign Exchange Risk

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The Foreign Exchange Market Largest financial market in the world Complex structure Interbank market: 80% of all transactions
Typically large trades (>$1m) Competitive pricing
Estimated daily trading volume $3.9tr (April 2010) Has grown dramatically (was $10-20bn in 1973, $2tr in2004)
Generally very liquid Low transaction costs Average daily dollar volume in NYSE was $50bn in 2010
Dealers (market makers) versus brokers (financialintermediaries)

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Currencies of the World Exhibit 2.4 in BH gives 3-letter codes for many
currencies (e.g., USD, EUR, GBP, JPY)
Many also have particular symbols (e.g., $, , , ) Some countries have pegged currency (e.g.,
Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba to the $; Bulgaria,Macedonia to the )
Others share common currency European Union (original): Austria, Belgium, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,Netherlands, Portugal, Spain
Accessions: Andorra, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,Malta, Monaco, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, VaticanCity
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Quoting conventionsExchange rates describe the relative prices of monies in two
countries. For ease of discussion, we will refer to onecountry as the reference country (most often this will be the
US) and the other country as the foreign country but youmay encounter the opposite convention as well.
Exchange rates may be quoted directly or indirectly
Direct quotes refer to the amount of reference country currency ittakes to purchase one unit of the foreign countrys currency.
Indirect quotes refer to the amount of foreign currency it takes topurchase one unit of the reference countrys currency
Be careful to get the units right.
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Direct Quotes examplesQ1: In the US, what is a direct quote for the British
pound?
A1:
Q2: How many dollars would it take to purchase 1m?
A2:
Note: the amount is multiplied by the direct quote
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Indirect Quotes examplesQ1: In the US, what is an indirect quote for the Japanese yen?
A1:
Q2: How many US dollars would it take to purchase 100m?
A2:Note: the amount is divided by the indirect quote
Q3: What is the direct price of the yen in the US?
A3:
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Reciprocal relationshipDirect and indirect quotes are reciprocals why must
this be?
If it werent the case, there would be arbitrage. Forexample:
Suppose the (direct) dollar price of a British pound was$1.95/ but the indirect price was 1/$2.00
Then the direct quote would indicate that I could getone British pound for $1.95 while the indirect quote
would suggest it costs $2.00, a contradiction This would present an arbitrage opportunity, hence it
does not happen
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Market quoting conventionsSome currency pairs typically use direct quotes and
others indirect quotes. Versus the dollar, the
following are typically quoted with direct quotes(recent levels in parentheses):
AUD (0.7042$/A$)
NZD (0.6355$/NZD)
EUR (1.1244$/) GBP (1.5318$/)
Most other currency pairs are quoted indirectly versus thedollar, for example JPY (120.17/$), CAD (1.3274C$/$),
CHF (0.9695CHF/$)Most currency pairs are quoted indirectly versus the euro
(e.g., 0.7340/, 135.12/)
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Currency Cross-Rates
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Triangular ArbitrageWe can use the direct quote of one currency (currency A) and the
indirect quote of another (currency B) that have the same referencecurrency to compute the exchange rate between the two. For
example:
If the dollar price of the euro is $1.45/ and the Japanese yen price ofthe dollar is 110.25/$, what is the Japanese yen price of the euro?
Why must this be the price?
If the direct price of / were higher than 159.86/, what would you do?
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Spot Bid-Ask SpreadsThe forex market is an over-the-counter market in which
traders quote prices at which they are willing to buyand sell currencies. What do we mean by Bid and Askprices in dollars/pound?
The Bid price of $/ is the dollar price at which the dealerbuys pounds from the customer. The Ask price of $/is the dollar price at which the dealer sells pounds tothe customer. Ask>Bid.
Spot forex markets are very liquid, and bid-ask spreadsare tiny. Suppose the bid rate is $1.4991/ and theask rate is $1.50/, the percentage bid-ask spread is
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Appreciations and DepreciationsWhat does it mean when the euro
appreciates relative to the dollar?
What does it mean when the yen depreciatesrelative to the dollar?
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Example: intraday
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Example: BRL devaluation
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How much did BRL depreciate?1/1/99: 1.21BRL/$ 1/29/99: 2.05BRL/$
By the end of January 1999, one needed(2.05-1.21)/1.21*100 = 69% more BRL topurchase one dollar.
The change in the dollar value of BRL was
= -0.41
or a 41% depreciation!
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Homework problems/questions Ch 1: Modified problem 1: Go to the IMFs 2015 World Economic Outlook
publication(http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2015/01/pdf/text.pdf) and lookup the following information for the country corresponding to yourcurrency
Real GDP: Table A2 on page 171 or Table A4 on pp. 174-176) Consumer Prices: Table A6 on page 178 or Table A7 on pp. 177-179) Current Account Balances: Table A11 on page 188 or Table A12 on pp. 189-191)
Use this information to help you form an outlook for your currency (note:you may also need to consider the dollar and euro outlook as well) post a forecast to Blackboard before the beginning of the next class(September 10, 2015)
Ch 2:
Questions 4,5,7,8 Problems 1,3,5,6
For next time: ch 3 readings from syllabus
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ForwardRates,
Risk
Premia,
HedgingTransactionsRisk
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Todays overview Examples to review last class
Forward Contracts Bloomberg session
Hedging Foreign Exchange Risk Swaps
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First exampleSuppose you have the followingexchange rates:
Prices are: 99.95 in DKK, SEK, NOK 14.95 in Germany, Austria, Belgium 13.95 in Spain, Finland, Ireland
Question: where would you choose topurchase the item if you were paying ineuros? What about if you were paying in $?
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NOK/$ = 6.273 SEK/$ = 7.520 DKK/$ = 5.313
NOK/ = 8.788 SEK/ = 10.539 DKK/ = 7.445

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Second example Since the beginning of the year, there have been
changes to the following exchange rates:
Source: Bloomberg
Question: How much (in percentage terms) hasthe dollar appreciated (or depreciated) versusboth the euro and the Argentine peso?
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12/31/14 $/ = 1.2098 ARS/$ = 8.4655
9/02/15 $/ = 1.1239 ARS/$ = 9.3099

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Foreign Exchange RiskQ1: What is Foreign Exchange Risk?
A1:
Q2: How do you eliminate an FX exposure?
A2:
Q3: Suppose you have a known foreign currencycash inflow in 180 days. How could you hedge it?
A3:
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Attributes of Forward Contracts Price is agreed today for exchange in the
future No money changes hands until the
forward value date
There is counterparty risk
Prices are quoted in a bid-ask spread
Spreads widen as the maturity increases
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Forward Foreign Exchange Market OTC market less liquid than spot
markets
Most active contracts are 30, 60, 90, 180days (roughly 1, 2, 3, 6 months) but any
horizon is possible Types of contracts
Outright
Swaps (>50% of market)
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Forward value (settlement) dates end-end rule: if spot value date is on last
day of month, use last day of next month
(for 30-day contract)
all other days use specified number ofcalendar days from today unless that fallson a weekend, in which case
use next business day as long as that is stillwithin the same calendar month, or
use previous business day if not
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Forward Contracts ExampleYen Spot: 92.13/$30-day Forward: 92.11/$
90 day Forward : 92.07/$180 day Forward : 92.00/$
Q1: How many yen does it take to purchase $1million today?A1:
Q2: How many yen does it take to purchase $1million in 180 days?
A2:
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Forward Premiums and DiscountsQ: When the forward rate of /$ is less than the spot
rate (as in this example), is there a forward
premium or discount on the dollar? Why?
A:
What is the annualized percentage forward premiumor discount on an N-day forward contract using a360-day year?
100 x (360/N) x (forward spot)/spot
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Forward Premium/Discount example100 x (360/N) x (forward spot)/spot
Spot: 92.13/$90 day: 92.07/$
Is there a forward premium or discount on theyen in terms of the dollar?
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Forward Contracts ExampleEuro Spot: 1.4812$/30-day Forward: 1.4787$/
90 day Forward : 1.4737$/180 day Forward : 1.4672$/
Q1: How many euros does it take to purchase $1million today?A1:
Q2: How many euros does it take to purchase $1million in 180 days?
A2:
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DXY
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Forward Premiums/Discounts, Example
Q1: When the forward rate of $/ is less than the spot rate, is there a forwardpremium or discount on the dollar?
A1: There is a forward premium because it is more expensive to purchase dollarsin the forward market than in the spot market.
Note: there is a forward discount on the euro
Q2: What is the annualized percentage forward premium or discount on a 90-day
forward contract using a 360-day year?
A2: on euro,
on the dollar,
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Hedging FX Risk Example
Q1: Suppose you are importing cheese from France. You will owe500,000 in 3 months. What is the nature of your FX risk?
A1:
Q2: What should you do to hedge?A2:
Q3: If the 90-day forward rate is $1.50/, how many dollars willyou owe?
A3:
Q4: Why are you hedged?A4:
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Hedging: Determining FX Risks How do you determine FX risk in general?
If dollar cash flows increase with a weakening ofthe dollar, do you have foreign currency assets or
liabilities?
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Hedging FX Risks General Properties
How do you hedge FX risk in general?
If you have FX assets, you must acquire FX liabilitiesthat exactly match the cash flow characteristics of yourassets.
If you have FX liabilities, you must acquire FX assetsthat exactly match the cash flow characteristics of yourliabilities.
Generally, you must find a derivative instrument thathas the off-setting payoff to your underlying position.
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Comparing Hedged and Unhedged Positions

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Comparing Hedged and Unhedged Positions
(Exhibit 3.4 in BH)
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To hedge or not to hedge?
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Ex post versus ex ante
Ex ante decision uses expected exchangerate (i.e., need a forecast)
Need to consider cost of hedging
Because ex post and ex ante can differ, nosuch thing as a perfect hedge
Speculation or hedging?
Other risks (e.g., counterparty)

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Hedging and balance sheet
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EX ANTE F(t,k) < Et [S(t+k)] F(t,k) > Et [S(t+k)]
Foreign currency asset Should hedge
Foreign currency liability Should hedge
rates are expressed as domestic rates per unit of foreign currency(e.g., dollars per yen, dollars per euro)
f(t,k) is the forward rate at time t for delivery at time t+k
EX POST F(t,k) < S(t+k) F(t,k) > S(t+k)
Foreign currency asset Cost of hedging Benefit of hedgingForeign currency liability Benefit of hedging Cost of hedging

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An Intro to Swaps
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Recall > 50% of FX transactions are
swaps Four basic types (FX = foreign currency)
Manage maturity structure of currencyexposure

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How Swap Prices are Quoted
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In basis points (bps)Example:
Spot 30-day fwd/$104.30-40 80/85
Q: Which is bid and which is ask?
A: Add swap points if 1st # < 2nd #, else subtract
Two things to remember:
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Swap calculation example From the spot and swap rates, what is
the bid and ask of the 30-day forwardSpot 30-day fwd
$/1.4350-60 40/30
Is the euro trading at a forward
discount or premium?
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Swap calculation example -- answer
Since the 1st swap point number is above the 2nd,we need to subtract
30-day forward bid: 1.4350 - .0040 = 1.4310$/
30-day forward ask: 1.4360 - .0030 = 1.4330$/
Check that bid is still < ask it is!
Since the forward levels are below the spot, thereis a forward discount on the euro
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Exhibit 3 7 from BHSpot exchange rates (bid/ask):104.30/104.35 /$

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Exhibit 3.7 from BH
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IBM Nomura
1,042,000,000
1,043,000,000
Forward swap points: 20/15
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Relationship to Forward Premia and Discounts
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Recall that if forward rate is larger than spot rate,the reference currency (i.e., the denominator) is at
a forward premium This will be the case when swap points are added,
i.e., when first swap number is less than second
Swapping into currency that is at a premiumgenerates a positive cash flow
If swap points are subtracted, forward rate is lessthan spot rate and reference currency is at aforward discount; swap will generate a negativecash flow

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Exchange rate distributions Hedging decisions depend on forecasts
Historical information
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Homework problems/questions Ch 3: Question 2 (2011)
Problems 1,2,5 Also read Ch 3 appendix carefully!
For next time: Review time value of money Read
BH, Chapter 6, Interest Rate Parity, pp 178-198, 201-
210 (skip Mexican Cetes for now) BH, Chapter 7, Speculation and Risk in the Foreign
Exchange Market, entire chapter
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