The following is market information: Current spot rate of pound = $1.23 90-day forward rate of pound = $1.24 3-month deposit rate in U. S. = 1.1% 3-month deposit rate in Great Britain = 1.3% If you have $250,000 and use covered interest arbitrage for a 90-day investment, what will be the amount of U. S. dollars you will have after 90 days?

Calculate the required rate of return for an asset that has a beta of 1.73, given a risk-free rate of 5.3% and a market return of 9.9%. b. if investors have become more risk-averse due to recent geopolitical events, and the market return rises to 12.7%, what is the required rate of return for the same asset?

Which is cheaper: eating out or dining in? the mean cost of a flank steak, broccoli, and rice bought at the grocery store is $13.04 (money.msn website, november 7, 2012). a sample of 100 neighborhood restaurants showed a mean price of $12.75 and a standard deviation of $2 for a comparable restaurant meal. a. develop appropriate hypotheses for a test to determine whether the sample data support the conclusion that the mean cost of a restaurant meal is less than fixing a comparable meal at home. b. using the sample from the 100 restaurants, what is the p-value? c. at a = .05, what is your conclusion? d. repeat the preceding hypothesis test using the critical value approach

Exhibit 34-1 country a country b good x 90 60 30 0 good ygood x good y 0 30 60 90 30 20 10 20 40 60 refer to exhibit 34-1. considering the data, which of the following term to? a. 1 unit of y for 1 unit of x b. 1 unit of y for 0.75 units of x c. 1 unit of y for 0.25 units of x d. 1 unit of y for 1.50 units of x e. all of the above s of trade would both countries agree 8. it -