1. The Bank of Moronto has negotiated a plain vanilla swap in which it will exchange fixed payments of 10 percent for floating payments equal to LIBOR plus 0.5 percent at the end of each of the next three years. In the first year, LIBOR is 8 percent; in the second year, 9 percent; in the third year, LIBOR is 7 percent. What is the total net payment the Bank of Moronto makes over the three-year period if the notional principal is $10 million?
2. Is it important to know the economic explanations of a profitable investment strategy? In other words, why not just simply invest in some ideas like momentum and make money without caring too much about its underlying reasons?