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Copenhagen Covered (B). Heidi Høi Jensen, a foreign exchange trader at J.P. Morgan Chase, can invest
$5
million, or the foreign currency equivalent of the bank's short term funds, in a covered interest arbitrage with Denmark. She is now evaluating the arbitrage profit potential in the same market after interest rates change. (Note that anytime the difference in interest rates does not exactly equal the forward premium, it must be possible to make CIA profit one way or another.)
Arbitrage funds available |
$ |
5,000,000 |
|
Spot exchange rate (kr/$) |
6.1723 |
||
3-month forward rate (kr/$) |
6.1976 |
||
U.S. dollar annual interest rate |
4.000 |
% |
|
Danish krone annual interest rate |
4.900 |
% |