consider a U.S. based company the exports goods to Switzerland. The U.S. company expect to receive payment on a shipment of goods in three months, Because the payment will be in Swiss francs, the U.S. company wants to hedge against decline in the value of Swiss francs over the next three months. The U.S. risk-free rate is 2 percent, and the Swiss risk-free rate is 5% Assume that interest rates are expected to remain fixed over the next six months. The current spot rate is 0.5974.
A) Indicate whether the U.S. company should use a long or short forward contract to hedge currency risk.
B) Calculate the no-arbitrage price at which the U.S. company could enter into a forward contract that expires in three months.
C) It is now 30 days since the U.S. company enter into the forward contract. The sport rate is 0.55. Interest rate are the some as before. Calculate the value of the U.S. company's forward position.