Currency Risk Management Techniques Include Forward Hedges, Money Market Hedges

question 27

Essay

Currency risk management techniques include forward hedges, money market hedges, and option hedges. Draw a diagram showing the possible outcomes of these hedging alternatives for a foreign currency receivable contract. In your diagram, be sure to label the X and Y-axis, the put option strike price, and show the possible results for a money market hedge, a forward hedge, a put option hedge, and an uncovered position. (Note: Assume the forward currency receivable is British pounds and the put option strike price is $1.50/£, the price of the option is $0.04 the forward rate is $1.52/£ and the current spot rate is $1.48/£.)

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Definitions:

Competitive Market

A market structure characterized by many buyers and sellers, freedom of entry and exit, and products that are similar, leading to competition.

Surpluses

Situations in which the quantity of a good or service supplied exceeds the quantity demanded at a specific price, often resulting in excess stock.

Equilibrium Quantity

The quantity of goods or services supplied that is equal to the quantity demanded at the market equilibrium price.

Equilibrium Price

The price point in the market where the amount of products available meets the amount of products consumers want to buy.