A Canadian Plans to Buy 100 Shares of This American

question 55

Multiple Choice

$\begin{array}{|l|r|r|rr} \hline& \text { Expected Return } & \begin{array}{r}\text { Standard Deviation of } \\\text { Return }\end{array} &{\text { Correlation }} \\& & & \text { Coefficients } \\& & & \text { X }& \text {Y} \\\hline \text { Canadian Stock X } & 6 \% & 9 \% & 1.00 & \\\hline \text { American Stock Y } & 4 \% & 8 \% & 0.80 & 1.00\\ \hline\end{array}$

A Canadian plans to buy 100 shares of this American stock for US $20 per share. The current spot rate is C$1.2977 = US $1. Suppose that this investor can sell the stock for US $30 a share a year later. The spot rate at the time of the sale is C$1.3029 = US $1.
-How much does this investor have to pay in Canadian funds for those American stocks now?

• A) $2,605.80
• B) $1,541.20
• C) $2,595.40
• D) $2,302.50
• E) None of the above

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Definitions:

Equilibrium GDP

The level of Gross Domestic Product at which total demand for goods and services equals total supply, resulting in stable prices and employment.

Full Employment GDP

The maximum level of production an economy can sustain while keeping unemployment at its natural or non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU).

Multiplier

In economics, a factor by which a change in spending results in an amplified change in national income and output.

Inflationary Gap

The difference between the actual output of an economy and the output it would produce without inflation, indicating an overheated economy.