Exhibit 20-2 To Benefit from the Low Correlation Between the Canadian Dollar

question 43

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 20-2
To benefit from the low correlation between the Canadian dollar (C$) and the Japanese yen (¥) , Luzar Corporation decides to borrow 50% of funds needed in Canadian dollars and the remainder in yen. The domestic financing rate for a one-year loan is 7%. The Canadian one-year interest rate is 6% and the Japanese one-year interest rate is 10%. Luzar has determined the following possible percentage changes in the two individual currencies as follows:

-Refer to Exhibit 20-2. What is the expected effective financing rate of the portfolio Luzar is contemplating (assume the two currencies move independently from one another) ?

• A) 9.03%.
• B) 7.00%.
• C) 10.00%.
• D) 7.59%.
• E) none of the above

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Definitions:

Quantity Demanded

The total amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price point, at a specific time.

Quantity Supplied

Represents the amount of goods or services that producers are willing and able to sell at a given price.

Alfred Marshall

A 19th-century English economist known for his significant contributions to the principles of economics and for coining the concepts of supply and demand.

Demand and Supply

Fundamental economic concepts where demand is the quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices, while supply is the quantity that producers are willing and able to sell at various prices.