Calculate the Euro-Based Return an Italian Investor Would Have Realized

question 77

Essay

Calculate the euro-based return an Italian investor would have realized by investing €10,000 into a £50 British stock.One year after investment,the stock has no value since the firm is bankrupt.Meanwhile the exchange rate has changed from €1.25 per pound to €1.30 per pound,and he sold £8,000 forward at the forward rate of €1.28 per pound.

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Definitions:

Fixed Cost

An expense that remains constant regardless of the volume of products or services manufactured or distributed.

Monopoly Profits

The excess profits earned by a monopoly as a result of its ability to set price above marginal costs due to lack of competition.

Duopoly

A market structure dominated by two firms, each of which has significant control over the market price.

Demand Curves

Graphical representations showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of that good consumers are willing and able to purchase at different prices.