Swaps Silly question

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I have some basic swap question.
In this example,
1. how do you know whether is pay fixed or pay floating
2. Why did he use Euribor
3. Any Swap gurus, Can any one walk through this example
Consider a one-year currency swap with semiannual payments. The payments are in U.S. dollars and euros. The current exchange rate of the euro is $1.30 and interest rates are
180 days
360 days
USD LIBOR
5.6%
6.0%
Euribor
4.8%
5.4%
What is the fixed rate in euros?
A) 5.318%.
B) 2.659%.
C) 5.245%.
Your answer: A was correct!
The present values of 1 euro received in 180 days and 1 euro received in 360 days are:
1/(1 + 0.048

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发表于 2013-4-2 11:11 | 只看该作者

A currency swap is basically the same as a regular sway and you will price the fixed and floating rates the same as you would regularly. The only addition is that you are doing two fix rates and two floating rates each time. You then just need to convert currency in order to relate them to each other and find the benefit…..

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