On September 30, 2007, the following were the prices for the Euro FX Contract: Month
The 3-month U.S. Treasury offered a yield of 3.64% and the 6-month offered 3.91%. The price of USD to EUR was 0.7006=C. The yield on the 3-month German federal security was 3.88%.
(a) What was the spot rate?
(b) If there are no market imperfections, was there an arbitrage opportunity here? If so, how would you have exploited it?
(c) What is the most likely reason why you could not get rich?