Reading 68: International Asset Pricing Los h~Q1-9

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LOS h: Calculate a foreign currency risk premium, and explain a foreign currency risk premium in terms of interest rate differentials and forward rates.

Q1. Steven Retting lives in Canada and is considering investing in a Canadian bond yielding 6% or a U.S. bond yielding 5%. Retting expects the Canadian dollar to appreciate by 3% over the next year.

What is the foreign currency risk premium on the U.S. dollar?

A) ?4%.

B) 2%.

C) ?1%.

Q2. What will be the Canadian currency returns on the U.S. bond?

A) 8%.

B) 2%.

C) 6%.

Q3. According to the traditional model, if the Canadian currency appreciates, then Canadian industries in the long run should become:

A) more competitive, and there will be an economic slowdown in Canada.

B) more competitive, and there will be an economic expansion in Canada.

C) less competitive, and there will be an economic slowdown in Canada.

Q4. Which of the following is the formula for the foreign currency risk premium (FCRP)? The FCRP equals:

A) E[(S₁ ? S₀) / S₀] ? (r_FC ? r_DC).

B) E[(S₀ ? S₁) / S₀] ? (r_DC ? r_FC).

C) [E(S₁) ? F] / S₀.

Q5. Estimation of the foreign currency risk premium (FCRP) is required in which model?

A) International capital asset pricing model.

B) Extended capital asset pricing model.

C) Domestic capital asset pricing model.

Q6. Which of the following describes the foreign currency risk premium (FCRP)? FCRP equals:

A) expected exchange rate movement minus the interest rate differential.

B) expected exchange rate movement minus the ratio of the spot to the forward rate.

C) forward rate minus the spot rate.

Q7. A Canadian investor has a domestic currency risk-free rate of 4%. The risk free rate in the U.S. is 5%. The investor expects the Canadian currency (Can$) to appreciate by 1% against the U.S. dollar ($). What is the foreign currency risk premium (FCRP)?

A) 1%.

B) 0%.

C) -1%.

Q8. A Korean investor’s domestic risk-free rate is 3%. The Japanese risk-free rate is 2%. The investor expects that the Korean currency (won) will depreciate by 4% over the next year. What is the foreign currency risk premium (FCRP)?

A) ?3%.

B) 2%.

C) 3%.

Q9. A Swiss investor’s domestic risk-free rate is 9%. Japanese risk-free rates are 2%. The investor expects the Swiss Franc (SF) to depreciate by 5%. What is the foreign currency risk premium (FCRP)?

A) -2%.

B) 4%.

C) 2%.