单选题
A company whose home currency is the dollar ($) expects to receive 500,000 pesos in six months’ time from a customer in a foreign country. The following interest rates and exchange rates are available to the company:
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】The hedge needs to create a peso liability to match the 500,000 peso future income.
6-month peso borrowing rate = 8/2 = 4%
6-month dollar deposit rate = 3/2 = 1·5%
Dollar value of money market hedge = 500,000 x 1·015/(1·04 x 15) = $32,532 or $32,500