pg. 54 Vol 6 CFAI The Japanese yen is currently trading at $0.00812. US rate 4.5%. Japanese rate 2%. Forward market price $0.00813. Calculate arbitrage profit. I understand that the forward price should be $0.00832 and we should Long the contract. Could somebody please lay out the strategy WITHOUT converting into Yen. Thank you. Anish
i think the arbitrage is in yen, im working it out right now
.0237 yen profit per 1 yen borrowed 1luv
for some reason I don’t get the same result i get 0.00486 jpy wtf??
mmmm ok heres my reasoning (very very laimans terms) .00813/.00812 does not = 1.045/1.02 so interest rates in states are high so borrow 1 yen and convert to USD at todays rate to have .00812 USD’s. buy the forward contract after one year you will owe 1.02 yen and have .00812 * 1.045 = .0084854 USD convert back to yen at forward rate (.0084854/.00813) = 1.0437 pay back 1.02 yen to profit .0237 yen
the problem states 3 months contract though in the book not the post
oh well there u go no wonder lol big different anyways try the 1 year thing as i assumed above, do u get the same?
yes 0.0237 in one year
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Thanks adalak. Florinpop, i intentionally ommited 3 months. I just wanted to know the strategy. Anish