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Question 31

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The manager of Cross Border Fund uses EAFE as a benchmark. Last year's performance for the fund and the benchmark were as follows: $\begin{array}{ccccc}&\text { EAFE } & \text { Return on } & \text { Currency } & \text { Cross } & \text { Manager's } \\&\text { Weight } & \text { Equity } & \text { Aplication } & \text { Border's } & \text { Return } \\&& \text { Index } & E_{1} / E_{0-1} & \text { Weight } &\\ \text { Eur } &0.30&10\%&10\%&0.25&9\%\\ \text { Aus } &0.10&5\%&-10\%&0.25&8\%\\ \text { FE } &0.60&15\%&30\%&0.50&16\%\\\end{array}$ Calculate Cross Border's currency selection return contribution.

A) +20%
B) ?5%
C) +15%
D) +5%
E) ?10%

F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

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Question 32

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The possibility of experiencing a drop in revenue or an increase in cost in an international transaction due to a change in foreign exchange rates is called

A) foreign exchange risk.
B) political risk.
C) translation exposure.
D) hedging risk.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Suppose the 1-year risk-free rate of return in the U.S. is 5%. The current exchange rate is 1 pound = U.S. $1.60. The 1-year forward rate is 1 pound = $1.57. What is the minimum yield on a 1-year risk-free security in Britain that would induce a U.S. investor to invest in the British security?

Which equity index had the highest volatility in terms of U.S. dollar-denominated returns for the period of five years ending in 2018?

You are a U.S. investor who purchased British securities for 2,200 pounds one year ago when the British pound cost $1.50. No dividends were paid on the British securities in the past year. Your total return based on U.S. dollars was __________ if the value of the securities is now 2,560 pounds and the pound is worth $1.60.

The present exchange rate is C$ = U.S. $0.78. The 1-year future rate is C$ = U.S. $0.76. The yield on a 1-year U.S. bill is 4%. A yield of __________ on a 1-year Canadian bill will make an investor indifferent between investing in the U.S. bill and the Canadian bill.

As exchange rates change, they

Assume there is a fixed exchange rate between the Canadian and U.S. dollar. The expected return and standard deviation of return on the U.S. stock market are 18% and 15%, respectively. The expected return and standard deviation on the Canadian stock market are 13% and 20%, respectively. The covariance of returns between the U.S. and Canadian stock markets is 150. If you invested 50% of your money in the Canadian stock market and 50% in the U.S. stock market, the expected return on your portfolio would be

The major concern that has been raised with respect to the weighting of countries within the EAFE index is

"ADRs" stands for ___________, and "WEBS" stands for ____________.

The manager of Cross Border uses EAFE as a benchmark. Last year's performance for the fund and the benchmark were as follows: $\begin{array}{ccccc}&\text { EAFE } & \text { Return on } & \text { Currency } & \text { Cross } & \text { Manager's } \\&\text { Weight } & \text { Equity } & \text { Aplication } & \text { Border's } & \text { Return } \\&& \text { Index } & E_{1} / E_{0-1} & \text { Weight } &\\ \text { Eur } &0.30&10\%&10\%&0.25&9\%\\ \text { Aus } &0.10&5\%&-10\%&0.25&8\%\\ \text { FE } &0.60&15\%&30\%&0.50&16\%\\\end{array}$ Calculate Cross Border's country selection return contribution.

Suppose the 1-year risk-free rate of return in the U.S. is 4% and the 1-year risk-free rate of return in Britain is 6%. The current exchange rate is 1 pound = U.S. $1.67. A 1-year future exchange rate of __________ for the pound would make a U.S. investor indifferent between investing in the U.S. security and investing in the British security.