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Thisactivitycontains5questions.Pleasewriteyouranswerchoicesinthebodyofyouremail. 1. Due to __________, market forces should realign the relationship between the interest rate differential of two currencies and the forward premium (or discount) ontheforwardexchangeratebetweenthetwocurrencies. a. forwardrealignmentarbitrage b. triangulararbitrage c. coveredinterestarbitrage d. locationalarbitrage 2. Inwhichcasewilllocationalarbitragemostlikelybefeasible? a. Onebank'saskpriceforacurrencyisgreaterthananotherbank'sbidprice forthecurrency. b. Onebank'sbidpriceforacurrencyisgreaterthananotherbank'saskprice forthecurrency. c. Onebank'saskpriceforacurrencyislessthananotherbank'saskpricefor thecurrency. d. Onebank'sbidpriceforacurrencyislessthananotherbank'sbidpricefor thecurrency. 3. IftheinterestrateislowerintheU.S.thanintheUnitedKingdom,andiftheforward rateoftheBritishpoundisthesameasitsspotrate: a. U.S.investorscouldpossiblybenefitfromcoveredinterestarbitrage. b. Britishinvestorscouldpossiblybenefitfromcoveredinterestarbitrage. c. neitherU.S.norBritishinvestorscouldbenefitfromcoveredinterest arbitrage. d. AandB 4. Basedoninterestrateparity,thelargerthedegreebywhichtheforeigninterestrate exceedstheUKinterestrate,the: a. largerwillbetheforwarddiscountoftheforeigncurrency. b. largerwillbetheforwardpremiumoftheforeigncurrency. c. smallerwillbetheforwardpremiumoftheforeigncurrency. d. smallerwillbetheforwarddiscountoftheforeigncurrency. 5. Forlocationalarbitragetobepossible,onebank'saskratemustbehigherthan anotherbank'sbidrateforacurrency. a. True b. False