According to IRPT, only the most skilled arbitrageurs are able to earn pure profits from their covered interest arbitrage activities. TRUE OR FALSE?
Aluminum sells in the U.S. for $225/unit, and sells in Canada for CD150/unit. If the spot rate is $1.75/CD, arbitrageurs would buy aluminum in Canada and sell it in the U.S. TRUE OR FALSE?
PPP holds equally for services and for commodities. TRUE OR FALSE?
The current spot rate is $0.95 = 1.0, and interest rates on 1-yr risk-free securities in Europe and the U.S. are 9% and 4% respectively. Your employer asks you to negotiate a 1-yr forward contract that will enable him to exchange dollars for 1,000,000. If a bank quotes a forward rate of $0.93, on a 1-year contract, you should accept it. TRUE OR FALSE?