1. You observed the bid rate of the New Zealand dollar is $.3232 while the ask rate is $.3245 at Bank X. The bid rate of a New Zealand dollar is $.3324 while the ask rate is $.3342 at Bank Y. What would be your dollar amount profit if you use $1,000,000 to execute locational arbitrage?
2. Taggart Transcontinental is considering a $250 million investment to launch a new rail line. The project is expected to generate a free cash flow of $32 million per year forever, and its unlevered cost of capital is 8%. Taggart's marginal corporate tax rate is 35%. Assuming that to fund the investment Taggart will take on $250 million in permanent debt and ignoring issuance costs, the NPV of Taggart's new rail line is closest to: