1A) Under the “do nothing” alternative, what is the Canadian value of the $60,000 US payable if the exchange rate is
i)) 1/0.6298 US$/Cdn$ (current spot)? ______________
ii) if the spot rate changes to 1/0.6000 US$/Cdn$ ? _____________
iii) to 1/0.6250 US$/Cdn$ ? _________________
iv) to 1/0.6500 US$/Cdn$ ? ______________
v) 1/0.6750 US$/Cdn$ ? ____________________
vi) What would a cost in CAD payoff diagram look like (if Cdn $ were in the vertical axis and the $1 US$/XCdn $ rate were plotted on the X-axis)?
1B) What is the cost in Canadian dollars if you use forward contracts to hedge? What does the payoff diagram look like?
1C) How does alternative 3 differ from alternative 2?